Dersu Uzala (1975 film)

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This article is about the Kurosawa film. For an earlier film of the same title, see Dersu Uzala (1961 film).

Дерсу Узала Dersu Uzala
original film poster
Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Yoichi Matsue Nikolai Sizov
Written by	Vladimir Arsenyev (book) Akira Kurosawa Yuri Nagibin
Starring	Maksim Munzuk
Music by	Isaak Shvarts
Release date(s)	July, 1975 2 August 1975 5 October 1976
Running time	141 min.
Language	Russian
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Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала) is a 1975 joint Soviet-Japanese film production directed by Akira Kurosawa.

This film is based on the 1923 memoir of the same title by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, about his exploration of the Sikhote-Alin region of Siberia in 1902-10. The film depicts Arsenyev (played by Yury Solomin) leading a series of mapping expeditions in the region, where he and his team soon encounter an old Nanai hunter, Dersu Uzala (1849-1908). Dersu Uzala teaches the men many valuable lessons about wilderness survival and the meaning of life, eventually becoming a close friend of the explorer.

In the film, the Nanai people are referred to by their obsolete Russian name, Gol'ds.

The film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and the 1975 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

[edit] Cast

The cast is listed below in English, followed by the original Russian.

Arsenyev (Арсеньев) – Yury Solomin (Ю. Соломин)
Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) – Maxim Munzuk (М. Мунзук)
Turtygin (Туртыгин) – V. Kremena (В. Кремена)
Olentev (Олентьев) – A. Pyatkov (А. Пятков)
Anna (Анна) – S. Danilchenko (С. Данильченко)
Vova (Вова) – Dima Korshikov (Дима Коршиков)
Chzhan Bao (Чжан Бао) – S. Tchokmorov (С. Чокморов)

Screenshot from the movie: Maxim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala (left) and Yury Solomin as Vladimir Arsenyev (right).

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Japanese Cinema
Films by Akira Kurosawa
1940s	Sanshiro Sugata \| The Most Beautiful \| Sanshiro Sugata Part II \| The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail \| Those Who Make Tomorrow \| No Regrets for Our Youth \| One Wonderful Sunday \| Drunken Angel \| The Quiet Duel \| Stray Dog
1950s	Scandal \| Rashomon \| The Idiot \| Ikiru \| Seven Samurai \| I Live in Fear \| The Throne of Blood \| The Lower Depths \| The Hidden Fortress
1960s	The Bad Sleep Well \| Yojimbo \| Sanjuro \| High and Low \| Red Beard
1970s	Dodesukaden \| Dersu Uzala
1980s	Kagemusha \| Ran
1990s	Dreams \| Rhapsody in August \| Madadayo