Dreams of Russia
Brief Synopsis
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Film based on the true story of Koudayu Daikokuya, a Japanese merchant who was shipwrecked in Russia 200 years ago. After being adrift for 8 months, Koudayu washed ashore and stayed in Russia for 10 years. After meeting Queen Ekaterina II, he returned to Japan through Siberia, and was officially sil
Cast & Crew
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Jun'ya Sato
Director
Ken Ogata
Captain Kodayu Daikokuya
Toshiyuki Nishida
Navigator Shozo
Takuzo Kawatani
Carrier Koichi
Hiroyuki Okita
Sailor Shinzo
Noboru Mitsuya
Sailor Kyuemon
Film Details
Also Known As
Dream of Russia, The, Oroshiyakoku Suimutan
Genre
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1992
Production Company
Dentsu
Distribution Company
Toho Company Ltd.
Location
Leningrad, Soviet Union; Irkutsk, Soviet Union; Daiei Studio, Japan; Okujiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan; Yakutsk, Soviet Union
Synopsis
Film based on the true story of Koudayu Daikokuya, a Japanese merchant who was shipwrecked in Russia 200 years ago. After being adrift for 8 months, Koudayu washed ashore and stayed in Russia for 10 years. After meeting Queen Ekaterina II, he returned to Japan through Siberia, and was officially silenced for life due to the country's fiercely imposed isolationism.
Director
Jun'ya Sato
Director
Cast
Ken Ogata
Captain Kodayu Daikokuya
Toshiyuki Nishida
Navigator Shozo
Takuzo Kawatani
Carrier Koichi
Hiroyuki Okita
Sailor Shinzo
Noboru Mitsuya
Sailor Kyuemon
Michifumi Yoneyama
Cook Isokichi
Viktor Stepanov
Fur Merchant
Sergei Stepanchenko
Fur Merchant
Vladimir Scheblykin
Fur Merchant
Oleg Yankovsky
Laksman
Tatiyana Bedova
Laksman'S Wife
Anastasia Nemolyaeva
Tatiyana
Tatiana Mikhalevkina
Widow
Marina Vlady
Ekaterina Ii
Yurii Solomin
Count
Evgenii Evstigneev
Friend Of Laksman
Olena Arzhanik
Friend Of Laksman'S Sister
Igor Furmanyuk
Ambassador
Crew
Yasuo Hashimoto
Sound
Masaru Hoshi
Music Director
Yasushi Inoue
Source Material (From Novel)
Yuzo Irie
Other
Gohei Kogure
Executive Advisor
Fumio Konami
Screenwriter
Shingo Kori
Producer
Hideo Kumagai
Lighting
Mitsunori Miura
Music Producer
Kazuo Mori
Executive Advisor
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director Of Photography
Tatsuo Nogam
Screenwriter
Tatsuo Nogami
Screenplay
Yoshihiro Oikawa
Music Producer
Tsutomu Sakurai
Producer
Jun'ya Sato
Screenwriter
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Kazuo Suzuki
Executive Advisor
Atsushi Takeda
Other
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Executive Producer
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Producer
Yo Yamamoto
Producer
Tatsumi Yamashita
Other
Andrei Zalcalov
Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Dream of Russia, The, Oroshiyakoku Suimutan
Genre
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1992
Production Company
Dentsu
Distribution Company
Toho Company Ltd.
Location
Leningrad, Soviet Union; Irkutsk, Soviet Union; Daiei Studio, Japan; Okujiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan; Yakutsk, Soviet Union
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Began shooting April 5, 1991.
Completed shooting December 1991.
Made with the cooperation of Lenfilm (USSR), Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co and Daiei Eizo Films Inc.
