The Dream of Russia

The Dream of Russia

123 mins | Drama, History | June 25, 1992

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.

The Dream of Russia

123 mins | Drama, History | June 25, 1992

The Dream of Russia
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Tokuma Shoten
Original title おろしや国酔夢譚
Directors Jun'ya Satô
Writers Tatsuo Nogami, Fumio Kōnami, Yasushi Inoue, Jun'ya Satô

Cast

Ken Ogata

as Koudayu Daikokuya

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Shouzou / navigator

Noboru Mitani

as Kyuemon

Hiroyuki Okita

as Shinzou / Shinzu

Marina Vlady

as Yekaterina II

Oleg Yankovskiy

as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman

Tohru Emori

as Sadanobu Matsudaira

Viktor Stepanov

as Nevidimov

Yuriy Solomin

as count

Vladimir Eryomin

as count Vorontsov

Evgeniy Evstigneev

as gardener Bush

Boris Klyuev

as naval officer

Yelena Arzhanik

as Sofya Ivanovna Bush