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.
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Cast
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Ken Ogata
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9AntCfhWQZN1eDLokfuk75Wa1Kt.jpg)
Toshiyuki Nishida
Atsuzou - navigator![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hqxRejlR3dc9vvLwxm9Apvvkzxs.jpg)
Takuzō Kawatani
Koichi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fUbIA4pOtkSu4NuyMUBynjHbgQ6.jpg)
Hiroyuki Okita
Shinzou![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/DBObfaTwemNIAsASC78oytWDeI.jpg)
Nozomibun Yoneyama
Isokichi![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/Qdzjq7UANUZfko03sCsebTniVL.jpg)
Tohru Emori
Sadanobu Matsudaira![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4EKvH53WqLJwYQj8EfxJSQptQxG.jpg)
Marina Vlady
Yekaterina II - empress![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tE1n7dx2WbzSj8UBIRWwW0ZKdyp.jpg)
Oleg Yankovskiy
Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vEzKoBffjHCYZNhIn1GwJqdhT4b.jpg)
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Bush - gardener![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/37TwfnYhaR3cTkuuTyW8p6bT6Pb.jpg)
Elena Arzhanik
Sofya Ivanovna Bush![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xOD62hEkLUhZT2OhGcxLTOnf7J0.jpg)
Yuriy Solomin
Bezborodko - count![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rsVjIyH6RaeFzUBu1VB405dKHNM.jpg)
Vitali Solomin
Shelekhov - Irkutsk nobleman![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dbC955yLfqfjkQ3F9AoO5W47QiO.jpg)
Viktor Stepanov
Yakov Nevidimov![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/l7mmqMQz590FIRG21yyhoGDEi53.jpg)
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Tatyana![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ptxvW0lXC3d1Uw36myhjtRvLgrv.jpg)
Tatyana Bedova
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Anatoliy Skoryakin
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Vladimir Eryomin
Vorontsov - count![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mvWMjfzZETEspSZ6fJZh9SJo1xJ.jpg)
Sergei Stepanchenko
Boris - Nevidimov's servant![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kJE7RUBVYcm1AKocL39zCvIaryB.jpg)
Viktor Smirnov
Iosif![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1CbNsIkseqfeQAzcgBRdwLDw2Qo.jpg)
Aleksandr Blok
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Sergei Parshin
Russian naval officer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/m01uV8pxbVAW6MtNnVNNvsdxGFS.jpg)
Boris Klyuev
Russian naval officer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nwJBK4WwsUCcBcX425GD2BroJDr.jpg)
Yuji Ueda
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Mikhail Godin
city dweller![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ctzwcMs5GzTeFwa9s63rKNZGuQd.jpg)
Pavel Kornakov
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Leonard Varfolomeev
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Tatyana Mikhalevkina
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Aleksey Serebryakov
seafarer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h94DWEkzqsPalC7qys5Mkqc9FW4.jpg)
Elena Borzunova
reads voiceover (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zUXzyxzVHwW78o0Srv4Zjnz2twE.jpg)
Igor Taradaikin
reads voiceover (voice)