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Dersu Uzala ( Russian: Дерсу Узала; c. 1849–1908) was a Nanai trapper and hunter. He worked as a guide for Vladimir Arsenyev who immortalized him in his 1923 book Dersu Uzala. The book was adapted into two feature films, with the version by Akira Kurosawa being the better known.
Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала, Japanese: デルス·ウザーラ, romanized: Derusu Uzāra; alternative U.S. title: Dersu Uzala: The Hunter) is a 1975 Soviet-Japanese biographical adventure drama film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, his only non-Japanese-language film and his only 70mm film.
Dec 20, 1977 · A classic film based on the journals of a Russian explorer and his friendship with a Siberian hunter. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews and trivia, and learn about the Oscar-winning director and cast.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1977-12-20
Jul 17, 1995 · Dersu Uzala is one of the final and most persuasive statements of a major thesis in the director’s films: the fact of courage in the face of death. Kurosawa made the acquaintance of Desu Uzala thirty years earlier, when he read Vladimir Arseniev’s account of charting the Russian-Manchurian border in the earlier part of this century.
Feb 8, 2023 · Learn how Akira Kurosawa's only non-Japanese language film, Dersu Uzala, revived his career after a series of failures. The film is an adaptation of a Russian memoir about a friendship between a European explorer and a native hunter in the Siberian wilderness.
A classic adventure film by Akira Kurosawa based on a true story of a friendship between a Russian explorer and a Goldi tribesman in Siberia. Learn more about the plot, cast, crew, awards and trivia of this 1975 masterpiece.