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* [[Anvilicious]]: While starting in the tone of a pamphlet to the glory of the Tsar and the [[Mighty Whitey]] Golden Age of Travel, it slowly fades to a critique of a heartless and selfish modern world that will destroy the deep and highly spiritual relationship of the natives with their environment.
* [[Anvilicious]]: While starting in the tone of a pamphlet to the glory of the Tsar and the [[Mighty Whitey]] Golden Age of Travel, it slowly fades to a critique of a heartless and selfish modern world that will destroy the deep and highly spiritual relationship of the natives with their environment.
** "During the Manchukuo period, the Nanais were practically wiped out in China by the Japanese. They had been confined to prisoner camps and in 1949 they numbered about 300 in China." From [[Wikipedia]]. Fortunately, it got better.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: You can tell from the picture above.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: You can tell from the picture above.
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: Save for his rifle, Dersu has no modern gear at all (and his rifle is described as being an antique he inherited from his father). With just a knife and what nature has to offer, however, he can craft pretty much anything he might need. Many times with actual bamboo, not uncommon in the taiga.
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: Save for his rifle, Dersu has no modern gear at all (and his rifle is described as being an antique he inherited from his father). With just a knife and what nature has to offer, however, he can craft pretty much anything he might need. Many times with actual bamboo, not uncommon in the taiga.
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* [[The Film of the Book]]: Two of them, one Russian and the other Japanese-Russian, made by [[Akira Kurosawa]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the history of cinema.
* [[The Film of the Book]]: Two of them, one Russian and the other Japanese-Russian, made by [[Akira Kurosawa]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the history of cinema.
* [[Going Native]]: The result of enduring several expeditions into the wild for Arseniev.
* [[Going Native]]: The result of enduring several expeditions into the wild for Arseniev.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: The man mostly ate what he shot and got everything else for furs, all his life. This shows.
* [[The Lost Woods]]: The primeval forest of eastern Siberia.
* [[The Lost Woods]]: The primeval forest of eastern Siberia.
* [[Lzherusskie]]: Averted in the film. Though mainly a Japanese production, it featured Russian and native actors for each role, and filmed entirely in Russian and Nanai, in spite of the impact this may [[Doing It for the Art|have in the sales]].
* [[Lzherusskie]]: Averted in the film. Though mainly a Japanese production, it featured Russian and native actors for each role, and filmed entirely in Russian and Nanai, in spite of the impact this may [[Doing It for the Art|have in the sales]].
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* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Averted. Arseniev repeatedly acknowledges how much he had learnt from Dersu and how it would have been absolutely impossible to navigate or even survive through the taiga without his guide.
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Averted. Arseniev repeatedly acknowledges how much he had learnt from Dersu and how it would have been absolutely impossible to navigate or even survive through the taiga without his guide.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: In 1922, when the furthest reaches of Siberia were finally annexed to the Soviet Union, Arseniev choosed to stay in Vladivostok and become a Soviet citizen, even if he was [[Dirty Commies|hardly a communist]].
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: In 1922, when the furthest reaches of Siberia were finally annexed to the Soviet Union, Arseniev choosed to stay in Vladivostok and become a Soviet citizen, even if he was [[Dirty Commies|hardly a communist]].
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: Dersu is extremely loyal, and will accept orders from the leader of the expedition even against his advice.
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: Dersu generally is a loner, but he never risks having [[Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup]] and will accept orders from the leader of the expedition even against his advice.
* [[Nature Hero]]: Dersu is the quintessential wild mountain man, more at ease in the deepest wilderness than anywhere civilized. As such, he saves the lives of Arsenyev and his men on two occasions.
* [[Nature Hero]]: Dersu is the quintessential wild mountain man, more at ease in the deepest wilderness than anywhere civilized. As such, he saves the lives of Arsenyev and his men on two occasions.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Between the young Russian officer and the grizzled native.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Between the young Russian officer and the grizzled native.
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