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.
Ken Ogata
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Toshiyuki Nishida
Atsuzou - navigator
Takuzō Kawatani
Koichi
Noboru Mitani
Kudzaemon
Hiroyuki Okita
Shinzou
Nozomibun Yoneyama
Isokichi
Tohru Emori
Sadanobu Matsudaira
Marina Vlady
Yekaterina II - empress
