Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 4, 2017 7:10:40 GMT
Like your Dersu Uzala pick, probably my fave Kurosawa. Just noticed on IMDb (remember that site?) that this is a remake of an earlier Soviet film from '61. Somehow I never knew that, or maybe I did at some point and my mind has thrown that piece of info out.
This area was extensively explored early in the 20th century by Vladimir Arsenyev who described his remarkable experiences in several books, notably Dersu Uzala (1923).
The rugged and forested temperate zone is home to many unique species, reindeer, the Ussuri brown bear, the Amur leopard, Siberian tiger, and the Asiatic black bear.
The importance of this unique region was recognized and secured for posterity in 2001 when UNESCO placed much the Sikhote-Alin region onto the World Heritage List, citing the areas critical importance for the survival of endangered species such as the scaly-sided (Chinese) merganser, Blakiston’s fish-owl and the Amur tiger. a total area of 16,319 square kilometres (4,033,000 acres) lies within this protected zone..