Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. A Russo-Japanese co-production of a unique event in history which was the hit of Cannes and other film festivals but did not receive wide distribution despite its huge scope, high production values, and very human story of culture clash.
Genre : DramaHistory
Runtime : 123 mins
Release Date : 1992-06-25
(Koudayu Daikokuya - captain)
(Atsuzou - navigator)
(Koichi)
(Kudzaemon)
(Shinzou)
(Isokichi)
(Sadanobu Matsudaira)
(Yekaterina II - empress)
(Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician)
(Bush - gardener)
(Sofya Ivanovna Bush)
(Bezborodko - count)
(Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman)
(Yakov Nevidimov)
(Tatyana)
( - )
( - )
(Vorontsov - count)
(Boris - Nevidimov's servant)
(Iosif)
( - )
(Russian naval officer)
(Russian naval officer)
( - )
(city dweller)
( - )
( - )
( - )
(seafarer)
(reads voiceover (voice))
(reads voiceover (voice))