Several Ainu-related events will be happening in New York City this summer in conjunction with the Ainu Summer Festival hosted by the Japan Society, including presentations and performances by members…
I’ve spent this semester working as a teaching assistant for a course at my home university titled “World Cinema Today.” In addition to introducing students to the methods and language…
The opening of Mori to Mizūmi no Matsuri (1958) could easily be mistaken for a Hollywood western. The camera performs a long pan over rugged mountains and grassy plains, from…
Ship of Outlaws (Gorotsuki-bune, 1950) is one of the first narrative films featuring Ainu characters. Directed by Kazuo Mori for Daiei Film, the film adapts the much longer novel by…