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Dersu Uzala (1975)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 141 min · Adventure, Drama

67.7 TOPICAL score · #871 of 6,776 films

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A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

Dersu Uzala (1975, directed by Akira Kurosawa) has a TOPICAL score of 67.7 - ranked 871 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Critics: 73% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (662 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 53 languages.

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Critics60
Audience87
Awards84
Historical impact84
Lasting engagement42
Cast-
Legacy & cult status21

Starring: Yury Solomin, Maxim Munzuk, Mikhail Bychkov, B. Khorulev

“In 2012, Philip French wrote in The Observer that Dersu Uzala was a "humanist masterwork."”

Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10

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