We have finished watching '
'Dersu Uzala' directed by
Akira Kurosawa. It was my first Kurosawa movie, so do everyone else. I was surprised that the character was based on the real person. The ending was a bit sad but it was like a spice for the movie. I just thought that, for Dersu, it was the tiger that led him to the fate. Overall, I, unexpectedly ,enjoyed the movie. ^_^
About the similarities between the Altaic languages and Japanese language: even though both types of language has SOV word order, that does not mean anything when we talk about the relationship between those languages, since 43% of the languages in the world has SOV order. Even with the Korean language which seems to be quit similar to the Japanese language, it can not be said that those two are related because those languages does not share the basic terms.
I am looking forward the presentations next week!