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"Dersu Uzala" is a 1975 film directed by renowned Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa that tells the story of a Russian explorer's relationship with an indigenous Siberian hunter. The film is significant as one of Kurosawa's few works set outside Japan and showcases his distinctive visual storytelling applied to themes of wilderness survival and cross-cultural friendship.
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Film · TMDB
7.9A 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.
Released: 1975-08-02141 minDir: Akira KurosawaAdventure, DramaBudget: $4.0M
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Yuriy Solomin as Arsenev
- Maksim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala
- Mikhail Bychkov as Otryad Arseneva
- B. Khorulev
- Vladimir Kremena as Turtwigin
- Aleksandr Pyatkov as Olenin
Themes
- hermit
- friendship