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.
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)
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