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Dersu Uzala

Dersu Uzala

There is man and beast at nature's mercy. There is awe and love and reverence. And there is the man called...

19757.92h 21m

Overview

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Yuriy Nagibin, Akira Kurosawa, Vladimir Arsenyev
Produced by Yōichi Matsue, Nikolai Sizov
Box OfficeBudget: $4.0M0

Top Cast

Yuriy Solomin

Yuriy Solomin

Arsenev

Maksim Munzuk

Maksim Munzuk

Dersu Uzala

Mikhail Bychkov

Mikhail Bychkov

Otryad Arseneva

B

B. Khorulev

Vladimir Kremena

Vladimir Kremena

Turtwigin

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Olenin

Svetlana Danilchenko

Svetlana Danilchenko

Anna

D

Dmitri Korshikov

Wowa son of Arsenjev

Suimenkul Chokmorov

Suimenkul Chokmorov

Jan Bao

Daniil Netrebin

Daniil Netrebin

Politseyskiy

Themes & Keywords

hermitfriendshiptigermapgetting lostfur trappingexplorationrussian soldiernaturesiberia1910s

About Dersu Uzala

Dersu Uzala is a adventure, drama film released in 1975 exploring themes of hermit, friendship, tiger, map, getting lost, fur trapping. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it stars Yuriy Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Mikhail Bychkov. A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

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