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.
Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Tsutomu Sakurai, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Director of Photography: Mutsuo Naganuma
Director: Junya Satō
Screenplay: Tatsuo Nogami, Junya Satō, Fumio Kōnami
Koudayu Daikokuya - captain
Atsuzou - navigator
Koichi
Kudzaemon
Shinzou
Isokichi
Sadanobu Matsudaira
Yekaterina II - empress