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.

Top Cast

Ken Ogata

Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

Toshiyuki Nishida

Atsuzou - navigator

Takuzō Kawatani

Koichi

Noboru Mitani

Kudzaemon

Hiroyuki Okita

Shinzou

Nozomibun Yoneyama

Isokichi

Tohru Emori

Sadanobu Matsudaira

Marina Vlady

Yekaterina II - empress

Oleg Yankovskiy

Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Bush - gardener

Elena Arzhanik

Sofya Ivanovna Bush

Yuriy Solomin

Bezborodko - count