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Dersu Uzala (1975)

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Reviews Counted:12

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.5/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of novelist Vladimir Arsenyev's novel about survival, set against the stark wilderness of Siberia. When Mongol guide, Dersu, is hired by a Russian crew... Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of novelist Vladimir Arsenyev's novel about survival, set against the stark wilderness of Siberia. When Mongol guide, Dersu, is hired by a Russian crew of mapping surveyors, they soon realize their original negative opinion of him as an inexperienced, naive eccentric, is woefully inaccurate, when they must rely on his bravery and courage to get them out of difficulty. [More]

Starring: Yuri Solomin, Maxim Munzuk

Starring: Yuri Solomin, Maxim Munzuk

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Akira Kurosawa

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Every frame of Dersu Uzala is simply beautiful to look at. . . . Kurosawa's 140-minute masterpiece is a . . . quietly captivating experience.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
12/01/03
Brian Gibson
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Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Beautifully photographed but far too isolated in its characterizations.

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03/22/01
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

Kurosawa's Russian epic is breathtakinging ambitious, if a bit didactic.

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07/28/03
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

It's sweetly told and heartwarming, much like a Disney film, but not demanding much of the viewer.

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07/19/06
Dennis Schwartz
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews

a gorgeous looking and highly affecting adventure

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The episodes in this second part go on endlessly, loosely, obviously. They lack the revelations of the winter scenes and they do little but belabor at length the points already made. They wreck the film's balance and make its achievements dull.

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Stephen Hunter
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To Arseniev, Dersu embodies something civilized men have lost… Neither can really understand the other — which is precisely what makes their friendship so special.

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