Japan Synopsis
Дерсу Узала
“There is man and beast at nature's mercy. There is awe and love and reverence. And there is the man called…”
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.
Audience Engagement
459 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (72th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dersu Uzala itself).
The 1974–1976 Japan Window
Among 65 Japan films we catalog from this window, Dersu Uzala places #5 — near the top of its class.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dersu Uzala premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1975.
The 447th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dersu Uzala, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- exploration · 4
- hermit · 2
- map · 1
- getting lost · 1
- fur trapping · 1
- stadt · 1
- russian soldier · 1
- siberia · 1
- nature · 15
- tiger · 8
- 1910s · 8
- friendship · 134
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #530 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #234 of 1,714 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Soviet Union |
| Original Language | Ru |
| Production Companies | Atelier 41, Daiei Film, Mosfilm |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | August 2, 1975 |
| IMDb | tt0071411 |