Movie·1975·2h 21m
Dersu Uzala
There is man and beast at nature's mercy. There is awe and love and reverence. And there is the man called...
Country
Japan
Language
Russian
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The Story
Original title: Дерсу Узала
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.
Written By
Yuriy Nagibin
Producer
Nikolai Sizov, Yōichi Matsue
Cinematography
Fyodor Dobronravov
Music
Isaac Schwarts
Editor
Valentina Stepanova
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Yuriy Solomin
Arsenev
Maksim Munzuk
Dersu Uzala
Mikhail Bychkov
Otryad Arseneva
B. Khorulev
Vladimir Kremena
Turtwigin
Aleksandr Pyatkov
Olenin
Svetlana Danilchenko
Anna
Dmitri Korshikov
Wowa son of Arsenjev
Suimenkul Chokmorov
Jan Bao
Daniil Netrebin
Politseyskiy
Serafim Zaytsev
Nikolay Volkov
Mogilshchik
Vladimir Prikhodko
Russian soldier
Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
(uncredited)
Igor Sykhra
// crew
Crew
Nikolai Sizov
Producer
Isaac Schwarts
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay
Yōichi Matsue
Producer
Yuriy Nagibin
Screenplay
Fyodor Dobronravov
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Yuri Gantman
Director of Photography
Valentina Stepanova
Editor
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