Overview
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.
Cast
緒形拳
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Toshiyuki Nishida
Atsuzou - navigator
川谷拓三
Koichi
三谷昇
Kudzaemon
沖田浩之
Shinzou
Nozomibun Yoneyama
Isokichi
江守徹
Sadanobu Matsudaira
Marina Vlady
Yekaterina II - empress
Олег Янковский
Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
Евгений Евстигнеев
Bush - gardener
Елена Аржаник
Sofya Ivanovna Bush
Юрий Соломин
Bezborodko - count
Виталий Соломин
Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman
Виктор Степанов
Yakov Nevidimov