| year | 1975 |
| country | Soviet Union, Japan |
| directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| screenplay | Akira Kurosawa, Yuriy Nagibin, Vladimir Arsenev |
| cinematography by | Fyodor Dobronravov, Yuriy Gantman, Asakazu Nakai |
| music by | Isaac Schwarts |
| produced by |
Yoichi Matsue, Nikolay Sizov |
| cast | Yuriy Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Svetlana Danilchenko |
| genres | Adventure | Biography | Drama |
| production companies | Atelier 41|Daiei Studios |Mosfilm |
A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all of his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization.