Japanese doc on mustang sanctuary

Black Hills horses debut on Japanese televisionThe Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary will be featured on NHK Japan Public Broadcasting. The three-person production crew filmed one day on location at the Wild Horse Sanctuary in January. The television documentary will feature the Indigenous tribes, wild horses and bison of the Great Northern Plains. The program will air in Japan April 2009.

The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary is the largest private non-profit wild horse sanctuary in northern America and has been in continuous operation since 1988. It is home to over 500 wild mustangs. The Sanctuary’s locations have been featured in film and documentary projects including; Touchstone Pictures HIDALGO (2004), TNT Television movie CRAZY HORSE, History Channel COMANCHE WARRIOR and Paramount/Vantage Films INTO THE WILD.Comment:  For more on Indians and mustangs, see Horse Sense in Mustang and Film About Quadruplegic Horse Trainer.

Below:  Viggo Mortensen in Hidalgo.