The Dream of Russia

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.

• Junya SatōDirector
• Fumio KōnamiScreenplay
• Junya SatōScreenplay
• Tatsuo NogamiScreenplay
• Katsu HoshiOriginal Music Composer

• Ken OgataKoudayu Daikokuya - captain
• Toshiyuki NishidaAtsuzou - navigator
• Takuzō KawataniKoichi
• Noboru MitaniKudzaemon
• Hiroyuki OkitaShinzou
• Nozomibun YoneyamaIsokichi
• Tohru EmoriSadanobu Matsudaira
• Marina VladyYekaterina II - empress
• Oleg YankovskiyKirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
• Evgeniy EvstigneevBush - gardener
• Elena ArzhanikSofya Ivanovna Bush
• Yuriy SolominBezborodko - count