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.
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.
Top Cast
Ken Ogata
Character: Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Toshiyuki Nishida
Character: Atsuzou - navigator
Takuzō Kawatani
Character: Koichi
Noboru Mitani
Character: Kudzaemon
Hiroyuki Okita
Character: Shinzou
Nozomibun Yoneyama
Character: Isokichi
Tohru Emori
Character: Sadanobu Matsudaira
Marina Vlady
Character: Yekaterina II - empress
Oleg Yankovskiy
Character: Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
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