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of films and videos that portray the life and culture of the Ainu people of what is now northern Japan and the fringe of the

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. Representations of the Ainu can vary from the strictly documentary to the fictional and, as with representations of Native Americans in Hollywood cinema, may suffer from distortions and stereotypes. The list is divided between documentaries and fiction films.

Documentaries

*''A Record of the Shiraoi Ainu'' (1925) *''The Ainu Bear Ceremony'' (1931) *''Uepotara—A Traditional Exorcism Rite of the Nibutani Ainu'' (1933) *''Chisenomi'' (1934) * (Riken Kagaku, 1941) *''Kotan no hitotachi'' (1959),

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documentary *''Words: The Symbol of a People'' (1993), directed by Shiro Kayano *''Kyōsei e no michi: Nihon no senjū minzoku Ainu'' (1993) *''The Despised Ainu People'' (October 1994) *''Shin kyōsei e no michi: Nihon no senjū minzoku Ainu'' (2000) *''TOKYO Ainu'' (2010) *''Kamui to ikiru'' (2011), directed by Hideki Komatsu *''Ainu. Pathways to Memory'' (2013), directed by Marcos Centeno

Fiction films

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, 1947), directed by Kenkichi Hara * (

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, 1949), directed by

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, 1950), directed by

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, 1953–54), directed by

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, 1957), directed by

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, 1960), directed by Buichi Saitō * (

, 1961), directed by Kunio Watanabe * (1993), directed by

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* (2004), directed by

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References

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