The Dream of Russia (1992)

6.3/10 • 123 min • Drama History

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

Ken Ogata

Koudayu Daikokuya - captain

Toshiyuki Nishida

Atsuzou - navigator

Takuzō Kawatani

Noboru Mitani

Hiroyuki Okita

Nozomibun Yoneyama

Tohru Emori

Sadanobu Matsudaira

Marina Vlady

Yekaterina II - empress

Oleg Yankovsky

Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Bush - gardener

Elena Arzhanik

Sofya Ivanovna Bush

Yuriy Solomin

Bezborodko - count

Vitali Solomin

Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman

Viktor Stepanov

Yakov Nevidimov

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Tatyana Bedova

Vladimir Eryomin

Vorontsov - count

Sergei Stepanchenko

Boris - Nevidimov's servant

Viktor Smirnov

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