List of joint Japanese–Soviet films explained

There have been about a dozen joint Soviet-Japanese films shot since the 1960s.[1]

YearEnglish titleJapanese titleRussian titleDirectorsStudioNotes
1966 The Little FugitiveМаленький беглец (Malenkiy beglets)Eduard Bocharov
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Gorki Film Studio
Daiei Studios
1974 Moscow, My LoveМосква, любовь моя (Moskva, luybov moya)Alexander Mitta
Kenji Yoshida
Toho Company
Mosfilm
1975 Dersu UzalaДерсу УзалаAkira KurosawaDaiei Studios
Mosfilm
Atelier 41
1976 Melodies of the White NightМелодия белой ночи (Melodiya beloy nochi)Kiyoshi Nishimura
Sergei Solovyov
Toho Company
Mosfilm
1979 The Way to MedalsПуть к медалям (Put k medalyam)Nikita Orlov
Junya Sato
Toei Company
Mosfilm
1986 Adventures of Lolo the Penguin, Film 1[2] Приключения пингвинёнка Лоло
(Priklyucheniya pingvinyonka Lolo, Vypusk 1)
Gennady Sokolsky
Kinjiro Yoshida
Soyuzmultfilmanimation
1987 Adventures of Lolo the Penguin, Film 2[3] Приключения пингвинёнка Лоло
(Priklyucheniya pingvinyonka Lolo, Vypusk 2)
Gennady Sokolsky
Kinjiro Yoshida
Soyuzmultfilmanimation
1987 Adventures of Lolo the Penguin, Film 3[4] Приключения пингвинёнка Лоло
(Priklyucheniya pingvinyonka Lolo, Vypusk 3)
Gennady Sokolsky
Kinjiro Yoshida
Soyuzmultfilmanimation
1989 A StepШаг (Shag)
1990 Under the AuroraПод северным сиянием (Pod severnym siyaniyem)Toshio Gotō
Sergei Vronsky
Petras Abukiavicus
Toei Company
Kobushi Productions
Ritm
Asahi Television News
1992 Dreams of RussiaСны о России (Sny o Rossii)Junya SatoToho Company
Daiei Studios
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Also, during the Khrushchev Thaw, the Ten Thousand Boys film, "the first image of friendly Japanese on the Soviet screen", was shot in Soviet Union under Russian and Japanese directors, with active participations of Japanese residing in Moscow.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://elib.doshisha.ac.jp/cgi-bin/retrieve/sr_bookview.cgi/U.../g00098.pdf Representation of Soviet-Japanese Encounters in Co-production Feature Films. Part 1. The Musical Harmony
  2. Web site: Adventures of the Little Penguin Lolo (Film 1) . Animator.ru . 2012-09-08.
  3. Web site: Adventures of the Little Penguin Lolo (Film 2) . Animator.ru . 2012-09-08.
  4. Web site: Adventures of the Little Penguin Lolo (Film 3) . Animator.ru . 2012-09-08.