Amba: Forest of the Tiger God

The Udege people of the Russian Far East call the tiger Amba, god of the forest. In the remote Bikin River basin, the native Udege and the Amur tiger live alongside each other in a vast expanse of forest known as the taiga.

Anatoly Petrov, a Russian film maker, spent more than a year living in this rich forest. Through the changing seasons he filmed the forest and its wildlife, including the mighty Amur tiger. Through encounters with an old hunter he learnt about the rich traditions of the Udege people, and about the respect and reverence they have for the forest they depend on.

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