The Dream of Russia

Directed by Junya Satō

With Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takuzō Kawatani, Noboru Mitani and Hiroyuki Okita

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.