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.
緒形拳
as Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
西田敏行
as Atsuzou - navigator
川谷拓三
as Koichi
三谷昇
as Kudzaemon
沖田浩之
as Shinzou
Nozomibun Yoneyama
as Isokichi
江守徹
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
Marina Vlady
as Yekaterina II - empress
Олег Янковский
as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
Евгений Евстигнеев
as Bush - gardener
Elena Arzhanik
as Sofya Ivanovna Bush
Юрий Соломин
as Bezborodko - count
