The type of man you might find just randomly in Siberia, which is what happens in the film. He's a very curious man just in stature and appearance.
Although it is easy to imagine Mifune in the role, we are given a very atypical lead then in Maxim Munzuk instead. I have a feeling though it may have run deeper due to the rift between the two former collaborators. The role Dersu Uzala was intended for Toshiro Mifune by the Soviet film company, however it is said they were deterred from that pursuit as Mifune would likely have refused due to the nature of the shoot. This is realized through the central characters of the expedition leader Arseney, and the man he meets in the expedition, of course the titular man played by Maxim Munzuk. The story, despite that scale, though is particularly intimate and rather relaxed, despite some tragic underpinnings. In that the scale is very much of a grand filmmaker with gorgeous outdoor cinematography and remarkable sequences within that. The film though is almost a mix of the two periods in a certain sense. The film is rarely spoken of perhaps as it pre-dates his return to the epic of the masterworks of his 80's period, though perhaps better known than his quietly contemplative "retirement" films of the 90's. A film not in Kurosawa's native Japanese but rather Russian. A strange circumstance though as Kurosawa collaborated with the Soviet government to develop this film which would eventually go on to win best foreign language film at the Oscars. It is certainly was a period of rejuvenation after his unfortunate suicide attempt after the commercial failure of his previous post-Mifune endeavor. Dersu Uzala follows the leader of a Russian army expedition, Arsenev, into the wilderness where he befriends a local hunter.ĭersu Uzala marks a little bit of a strange period for Akira Kurosawa.
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