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.
- Created by
- Junya Satō
- Origin
- JP
- TMDB rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 11 votes
Cast
Ken OgataKoudayu Daikokuya - captain
Toshiyuki NishidaAtsuzou - navigator
Takuzō KawataniKoichi
Noboru MitaniKudzaemon
Hiroyuki OkitaShinzou
Nozomibun YoneyamaIsokichi
Tohru EmoriSadanobu Matsudaira
Marina VladyYekaterina II - empress
Oleg YankovskiyKirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
Evgeniy EvstigneevBush - gardener