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.
Cinematography
Siberia shot in 70mm—every frame a frozen cathedral.
Direction
Kurosawa's only non-Japanese film, and his most patient.
Acting
Munzuk, an actual hunter, never acted before or after.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kurosawa lived in a Siberian tent for two years; the crew developed frostbite and the director himself nearly died from exposure.
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