Made on location in Siberia with Soviet funding, at a point in Kurosawa's career when he had found it difficult to work in his home country, Dersu Uzala features the sensei at his most spectacular. The tale of the blossoming friendship between a Russian soldier and his native guide unfolds against Kurosawa's epic vision of a beckoning yet unforgiving nature—endless plains and thickly forested mountains, the sublime as filtered through a poet's eye. "This film must not be missed by anyone who wants to see what film can do that not even Homer or Shakespeare could do." (Newsweek) Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1975. more at kino.com 35mm Cinemascope.
1975, color, 2 hours 17 minutes, Japan /Russia