Dersu Uzala
E424017
Dersu Uzala is a 1975 Soviet-Japanese adventure drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, acclaimed for its portrayal of friendship and survival in the Siberian wilderness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dersu Uzala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dersu Uzala Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Dersu Uzala]
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A.
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 Werner Herzog adventure-drama film, starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale, about an obsessed man’s quixotic quest to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle.
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B.
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, depicting a family's struggle for survival amid wild animals and natural dangers.
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C.
Red Earth People
Red Earth People is an ethnonym referring to the Fox (Meskwaki) Native American people, traditionally associated with the Great Lakes region of North America.
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D.
Pale Rider
Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, noted for its mysterious, almost supernatural gunslinger protagonist.
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E.
Seediq
The Seediq are an indigenous Taiwanese people known for their distinct language, warrior traditions, and resistance to Japanese colonial rule in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dersu Uzala Target entity description: Dersu Uzala is a 1975 Soviet-Japanese adventure drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, acclaimed for its portrayal of friendship and survival in the Siberian wilderness.
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A.
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 Werner Herzog adventure-drama film, starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale, about an obsessed man’s quixotic quest to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle.
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B.
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, depicting a family's struggle for survival amid wild animals and natural dangers.
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C.
Red Earth People
Red Earth People is an ethnonym referring to the Fox (Meskwaki) Native American people, traditionally associated with the Great Lakes region of North America.
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D.
Pale Rider
Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, noted for its mysterious, almost supernatural gunslinger protagonist.
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E.
Seediq
The Seediq are an indigenous Taiwanese people known for their distinct language, warrior traditions, and resistance to Japanese colonial rule in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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Soviet film ⓘ adventure film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
NERFINISHED
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Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dersu Uzala (book)
NERFINISHED
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memoirs of Vladimir Arsenyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Asakazu Nakai
NERFINISHED
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Fyodor Dobronravov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | 70 mm film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Japan
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Michio Suwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Russian Far East taiga
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Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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drama ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0071411 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dersu Uzala (character)
NERFINISHED
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Vladimir Arsenyev (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Isaac Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of friendship and survival in the Siberian wilderness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Akira Kurosawa filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Nikolai Sizov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoichi Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Daiei Film
NERFINISHED
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Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975-08-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 144 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuri Nagibin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Russian Far East
NERFINISHED
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Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Maksim Munzuk
NERFINISHED
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Svetlana Danilchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kremena NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Solomin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
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man and nature ⓘ survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dersu Uzala Description of subject: Dersu Uzala is a 1975 Soviet-Japanese adventure drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, acclaimed for its portrayal of friendship and survival in the Siberian wilderness.
Referenced by (1)
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