One of Kurosawa’s most beautifully composed and photographed films, Dersu Uzala is suffused with the humanism that illuminates the Japanese master’s oeuvre.
Epic in form, intimate in scope, and set in the forests of Eastern Siberia at the turn of the century, Dersu Uzala is a moving story of the friendship that grows between an aging hunter and a Russian surveyor. Based on a memoir by renowned Russian explorer Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev, Kurosawa's romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit is perhaps the most persuasive argument for the immense power of nature and the beauty found in simplicity. [142 min; adventure, drama; Russian and Mandarin with English subtitles]
"Dersu Uzala will undoubtedly go down in film history as a fine expression of the creative style, and the deeper urges and beliefs behind that style, of a truly great director." — Don Kenny, Japan Times
"Every frame of Dersu Uzala is simply beautiful to look at." — Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly
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