The Dream of Russia
おろしや国酔夢譚
Release: 1992-06-25
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 6.2
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Russia
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Tokuma Shoten
Lenfilm
Cast
Vitali Solomin
as Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman
Elena Arzhanik
as Sofya Ivanovna Bush
Oleg Yankovskiy
as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
Pavel Kornakov
Aleksey Serebryakov
as seafarer
Tohru Emori
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
Tatyana Bedova
Sergei Stepanchenko
as Boris - Nevidimov's servant
Viktor Smirnov
as Iosif
Boris Klyuev
as Russian naval officer
Yuji Ueda
Mikhail Godin
as city dweller
Tatyana Mikhalevkina
Toshiyuki Nishida
as Atsuzou - navigator
Takuzō Kawatani
as Koichi
Anatoliy Skoryakin
Vladimir Eryomin
as Vorontsov - count
Elena Borzunova
as reads voiceover (voice)
Igor Taradaikin
as reads voiceover (voice)
Ken Ogata
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Hiroyuki Okita
as Shinzou
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
as Tatyana
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Bush - gardener
Yuriy Solomin
as Bezborodko - count
Aleksandr Blok
Sergei Parshin
as Russian naval officer
Leonard Varfolomeev
Viktor Stepanov
as Yakov Nevidimov
Noboru Mitani
as Kudzaemon
Nozomibun Yoneyama
as Isokichi
Marina Vlady
as Yekaterina II - empress
