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  • Actors: Yuri Solomin, Maxim Munzuk
  • Directors: Akira Kurosawa
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language Russian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Artificial Eye
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 135 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000LE0TVA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,195 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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During an unusual chapter in the career of director Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon), the filmmaker went to Russia because he found working in his native Japan to be too difficult. The result was this striking 1975 near-epic based on the turn-of-the-century autobiographical novels of a military explorer (Yuri Solomin) who met and befriended a Goldi man in Russia's unmapped forests. Kurosawa traces the evolution of a deep and abiding bond between the two men, one civilised in the usual sense, the other at home in the sub-zero Siberian woods. There's no question that Dersu Uzala (the film is named for the Goldi character, played by Maxim Munzuk) has the muscular, imaginative look of a large-canvas Soviet Mosfilm from the 1970s. But in its energy and insight it is absolutely Kurosawa, from its implicit fascination with the meeting of opposite worlds to certain moments of tranquillity and visual splendour. But nothing looks like Kurosawa more than a magnificent action sequence in which the co-heroes fight against time and exhaustion to stay alive in a wicked snowstorm. For fans of the late legend, this is a Kurosawa not to be missed. --Tom Keogh


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Kurosawa's remarkable film, his only produced and financed outside of Japan, is an extraordinary tale of friendship and survival, based on the memoirs of Russian explorer Vladimir Arseniev. In the harsh environs of the Siberian frontier, an expedition led by Arseniev encounter the nomadic Goldi tribesman Dersu Uzala, who agrees to guide the men through the vast uncharted wilderness. Although initially considered by the group as little more than a savage, Dersu's skill, courage and spiritual wisdom soon earn their respect and admiration, as well as instilling in them a new-found compassion for the natural world. Bearing all the unmistakable hallmarks of the great cinema master, Kurosawa's Oscar-winning classic is a visually stunning humanist epic.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Kurosawa Masterpiece, 18 Feb 2001
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This review is from: Dersu Uzala [VHS] [1975] (VHS Tape)
This Kurosawa film is usually ignored by most viewers because it was made outside the realm of Japanese cinema. It was made in the Soviet Union, however, both the subject and the production of the film are pure Kurosawa creations. It deals with the relationship between a native Siberian hunter and a group of Soviet explorers. Kurosawa yet again showcases his talent by presenting us with a poignant, poetic tale of contrasting cultures in the harsh Siberian environment. This beautiful tale is further complemented by its breathtaking cinematography [this film must be viewed in widescreen]. It also won the Best Foreign Film Oscar. A great film for everyone.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars good film, poor transfer, 9 Aug 2007
By 72trails of smoke (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews
while it is pleasing that this has finally been released on region 2 it has to be noted that the print/trasfer is quite poor with grainy, murky colouring on what looks like a ntsc-to-pal conversion clearly taking away much of the impact of a film most noted for its visual beauty. Nevertheless, a remarkable film.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Film to Change Attitudes, 13 Aug 2004
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This review is from: Dersu Uzala [VHS] [1975] (VHS Tape)
This film, directed not by a Russian but a Japanese (the famous director, Kurosawa) using mostly Russian or Soviet actors and staff, is nonetheless a classic of Russian cinema in the same way that the St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is a symbol of Russia despite having been designed by an Italian. An Imperial Russian Army survey party in pre pre-WW1 times goes to chart previously uncharted lands in Eastern Siberia (at the time of filming, known as the Soviet Far East). There the officer and his small troop meet a native hunter, Dersu. The osmotic effect of this marvellous little man cannot be easily described: he inculcates just by his presence a reverence for Nature and the wellsprings of Life. He hunts animals but respects them, in the way of many primitive people (for example, Australian Aboriginals) who have retained what we of the modern way and world have lost. In typically Russian style, the ending of the film is tragic rather than funny or self-satisfied: Dersu, his sight failing, is brought to a Russian town, I think Khaborovsk, to live with the Russian officer, his wife and little son. Dersu cannot live in a town and begs to return to his taiga (eternal Siberian forest). The officer helps by buying him a new, expensive rifle, so that Dersu can hunt despite his failing eyesight. Later, it transpires that Dersu was murdered by person or persons unknown, probably for his new and expensive hunting rifle. A film like this, made in 1975, shows that (in the way of so many empires, at their most benevolent just before collapse) the Soviet Union was developing into a kind of spiritual social democracy (albeit absurdly militarized and secret police-ridden) as it neared its demise. Very highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like meeting and old friend again
I saw the original film in the cinema ages ago with my father. Back then, it lasted almost 4 hours. I was just a kid at that time, but I will never forget that first meeting with... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you're renting this...
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Tolstoy apparently once described to a friend the thoughts of a crow they were both watching and the friend exclaimed 'By God, Lev Nikolaevich, you are that crow! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must!
Dersu Uzala is a truly superb film I have seen several times over the years. It still impresses me as much now as it did about 20 years ago when I saw it for the first time... Read more
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