The amazing fate of Viktor Staruhin takes viewers on a completely unknown journey into the history of Japan, America, and Soviet Russia. In an era of global division, the collapse of empires, and world wars, he was able to counter the destructive militarism and rising nationalism with the power of the human spirit and love for the game in which he became an idol to millions all around the world. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~ Co-production with Russia and the U.S.A.Edit Translation