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Bookmark this pageDersu Uzala (1975)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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From Time Out Film Guide
Kurosawa went to Russia because he'd found it impossible to get work in Japan, but sadly he succumbed almost completely to the Mosfilm line in crude spectacle and simplistic, lumbering drama. Drawn from the autobiographical novels of a military explorer who encounters an elderly Goldi forest-dweller at the turn of the century, what emerges is a transparently sincere but entirely predictable account of the friendship between 'civilised' urban Russian and 'primitive' Oriental man of nature.Author: TR
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- M.J. Proctor said...
- Posted on Aug 27 2010 18:41 This movie is perfect. It is not too long or slow-moving. It is not confusing, but is a bit predictable. It is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. It is my new Jeremiah Johnson--minus the violence and with a friendship at it's center. I plan to see it again and again!
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- Magmabulle said...
- Posted on Jun 09 2008 11:31 Dersu Uzala is a stunningly beautiful portray about the friendship of two men, and also a fascinating homage to the nature. It is, however, quite predictable and slow.
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Cast & crew
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Eiti Mattsue
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, M. Bichkov, V. Khrulev full cast
Duration: 141 mins
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