Dersu Uzala (1975)

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.

Genres: Adventure, Drama

What to watch after Dersu Uzala

• Red Beard (1965) — Akira Kurosawa directed both
• Ikiru (1952) — Same feel: reflective, dramatic
• Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) — Same feel: reflective, dramatic
• Andrei Rublev (1966) — Same feel: reflective, dramatic
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Same subject: soldier