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Title: Dersu Uzala
Review: After a roughly ten-year decline in popularity and output (during which time Kurosawa attempted suicide), the master rose again in this stunning Russian-language film, co-produced by the Soviets. Based on a real-life adventurer's autobiographical journals and enhanced by the grizzled Munzak's poignant portrayal of the title character, this story of unlikely friendship and the passing of a way of life has a subtle beauty and near-mythic power. As always, Kurosawa's versatile talents are on full display in "Uzala," which won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1975.
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