DERSU UZALA (DVD/LTBX/ENG-SUB) DVD

Dersu Uzala
A few months after his notorious suicide attempt, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa was regenerated by the notion of helming the first Russian/Japanese co-production. Co-scripted and directed by Kurosawa, Dersu Uzala is the story of an elderly guide and Goldi hunter (Maxim Munzuk), who, at the turn of the century, agrees to shepherd a Russian explorer (Yuri Solomin) and a troop of soldiers through the most treacherous passages of the Far East. The guide has been "one" with the land almost from birth, and is thus able to save his party from perishing. Four years in the making, Dersu Uzala won the 1976 Best Foreign Film Oscar and restored the flagging Akira Kurosawa to the top ranks of the Japanese film industry. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Maxim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala Yuri Solomin as Capt. Vladimir Arseniev Vladimir Kremena as Turtwigin Alexandr Pyatkov as Dima Korshikov as Svetlana Danielchanka as Mrs. Arseniev Suimenkul Chokmorov as Jan Bao Mikhail Bychkov as Nikolai Volkov Sr. as Sovetbek Dzhumadylov as

Crew Akira Kurosawa - Director Yoshiro Muraki - Production Designer Shinobu Muraki - Production Designer Fyodor Dobronavov - Cinematographer Yuri Gantman - Cinematographer Asakazu Nakai - Cinematographer Yuri Nagibin - Screenwriter Akira Kurosawa - Screenwriter Vladimir Arseniev - Book Author

Dersu Uzala
Director Akira Kurosawa is known for his epics, and this Russian-Japanese co-production was one of the most sweeping of his long and brilliant career. Metaphorically, the story of the crafty, stodgy hunter who teaches a Russian about the land and its animals evokes the bankruptcy of colonialism. Physically, it is one of the most impressive filmed testaments to the majesty of nature. Breathtaking cinematography makes the Siberia-Mongolian frontier the real star of this slow-moving, proud, and unconventional buddy film. Kurosawa has made more accessible films in plot and structure, but the rugged beauty of this work is unsurpassed in his canon. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Foreign Language Film (winner) Moscow International Film Festival, Golden Prize (winner) Telluride Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: Additional Features: MPAA Rating: G DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 140 min   DVD Chapters: Chapter Selection 0. Chapter Selection 1. Logos and Prelude [2:51] 2. The Valley of Witches [5:26] 3. The Wanderer Dersu [7:05] 4. The Ways of the Forest [8:42] 5. Mighty Men [4:16] 6. Fireside Chat [4:56] 7. Ancient Chinese Secret [5:43] 8. The Menacing Silence [7:43] 9. "Cut Grass Fast" [8:19] 10. Surviving the Night [3:33] 11. The Smallness of Man [7:26] 12. Farewell For Now [6:16] 13. The Frontier Redux [4:31] 14. Reunion [4:41] 15. Conversatioin With a Tiger [4:26] 16. Repairing a Damaged Forest [3:17] 17. Tracking Bandits [4:39] 18. Fording a River [8:11] 19. Autumn [1:38] 20. The Second Tiger [6:41] 21. Impending Dark [7:02] 22. A Specter of Fear [3:27] 23. The Captain's Home [4:29] 24. The Ways of the City [3:57] 25. "Please Let Me Go Back" [3:48] 26. Farewell, Dersu [6:08] 27. End Credits [1:33]