Iyomande: The Ainu Bear Festival Movie Review 1970

Documentary about the most important ceremony of the Ainu people of northern Japan, the Iyomande. Includes footage of different aspects of Ainu life in the 1930s, including houses, boats, ornate swords, religious artifacts, and the tatooed mouths of the older women.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 62 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Japan, Anthropology, History