Synopsis: Junya Sato directs this historical epic about an Japanese sailor shipwrecked in Russia. Set during the Edo period (1600-1868, an era of great international isolation when going abroad was an offense punishable by death), the film centers on ship captain Daikokuya Kodayu (Ken Ogata), who, while transporting a load of rice from Ise to Edo (pre-modern...
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Starring: Oleg Yankovsky, Marina Vlady, Yevgeni Yevstigneyev, Toshiyuki Nishida