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Dersu Uzala

  • 19751975
  • GG
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
29K
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Dersu Uzala (1975)
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  • Adventure
  • Biography
  • Drama
The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
29K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Akira Kurosawa
  • Writers
    • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
    • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
  • Stars
    • Maksim Munzuk
    • Yuriy Solomin
    • Mikhail Bychkov
Top credits
  • Director
    • Akira Kurosawa
  • Writers
    • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
    • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
  • Stars
    • Maksim Munzuk
    • Yuriy Solomin
    • Mikhail Bychkov
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 115User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Top rated movie #244
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Maksim Munzuk in Dersu Uzala (1975)
    Akira Kurosawa in Dersu Uzala (1975)
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    Top cast

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    Maksim Munzuk
    Maksim Munzuk
    • Dersu Uzalaas Dersu Uzala
    Yuriy Solomin
    Yuriy Solomin
    • Arsenevas Arsenev
    Mikhail Bychkov
    Mikhail Bychkov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as M. Bychkov)
    Vladimir Khrulyov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Khrulyov)
    V. Lastochkin
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    Stanislav Marin
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as S. Marin)
    Igor Sykhra
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as I. Sykhra)
    Vladimir Sergiyakov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Sergiyakov)
    Yanis Yakobsons
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as Ya. Yakobsons)
    Vladimir Khlestov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Khlestov)
    G. Polunin
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    V. Koldin
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    M. Tetov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    S. Sinyavskiy
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    Vladimir Sverba
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Sverba)
    V. Ignatov
    • Otryad Arsenevaas Otryad Arseneva
    Vladimir Kremena
    Vladimir Kremena
    • Turtyginas Turtygin
    • (as V. Kremena)
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    • Olenevas Olenev
    • (as A. Pyatkov)
    • Director
      • Akira Kurosawa
    • Writers
      • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
      • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
      • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Akira Kurosawa had hoped to make this film as early as in the 1950's, but he had trouble adapting the story to a Japanese setting, never thinking that one day he would actually be able to film it on location in Russia, and with Russian actors.
    • Goofs
      When Dersu and Arsenev are looking at the 3/4 moon and the setting sun, the moon is in the wrong phase to appear in the sky at the same time as the sun.
    • Quotes

      Dersu Uzala: How can people live in a box?

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Akira Kurosawa Movies (2014)

    User reviews115

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Once upon a time, there was a director...
    ..and his name was Akira Kurosawa. Once upon a time there was a simple man: a hunter, and simple story of friendship and reflection about life. Once upon a time a magnificent director and film crew have put a beautiful story on the screen with such perfection, that in our days we look back and we wonder: why movies like this are not being made anymore??

    It doesn't matter if you like any other Kurosawa's works or any other 'Russian' films, because this one would touch you so much that you would go back and looked for similar films… I wish I could see this film in all his beauty: on a big screen, in the original format (70 mm), as I felt that I missed a lot of details from the TV format.

    There are directors and there is Kurosawa, there are dramas and there are Russian stories, so when you put both of them together, what do you get? Dersu Uzala!

    Enjoy it, at least as much I did
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    • Oct 3, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1977 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Soviet Union
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Mosfilm (Russia)
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • Uzala, der Kirgise
    • Filming locations
      • Primorsky Kray, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Atelier 41
      • Daiei Studios
      • Mosfilm
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,480
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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