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.
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
as Atsuzou - navigator
as Koichi
as Kudzaemon
as Shinzou
as Isokichi
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
as Yekaterina II - empress
as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
as Bush - gardener
as Sofya Ivanovna Bush
as Bezborodko - count
as Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman
as Yakov Nevidimov
as Tatyana
as Vorontsov - count
as Boris - Nevidimov's servant
as Iosif
as Russian naval officer
as Russian naval officer
as city dweller
as seafarer
as reads voiceover (voice)
as reads voiceover (voice)
