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The Legend of the Icon

The Legend of the Icon

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A young Japanese girl Rin-san comes to the pre-revolutionary Russia with a great and wonderful mission: to understand the mastery of iconography and attach Japan to the Russian Christian culture. She does not know that Russia stands on the verge of tragic change. Terrible years of atheism are coming. Envy of mediocre, intriguing nuns, the tragic love of a terrorist-regicide will turn Rin's life upside down...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

12 December 1992

Country

Japan

Cast

Seiko Ijichi

Seiko Ijichi

Yamashita Rin

Ivan Shvedoff

Ivan Shvedoff

Iona

Yuri Virolainen

Yuri Virolainen

Alyosha

Boris Romanov

Boris Romanov

Serafim - monk

Vladimir Osobik

Vladimir Osobik

drawing teacher

Yulian Makarov

Yulian Makarov

Grisha

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