"Jisai" translates from ancient Japanese as "sacrificial scapegoat." Wise Japanese emperors, knowing that their well-being and health belonged not only to themselves but to the entire nation, kept a special person with them who took upon himself all the troubles and misfortunes that threatened his master. This self-sacrificing person bore the proud nickname of Jisai, and it was he who bore all the blows that fate generously bestowed upon the emperor. A well-read Russian businessman, having learned about this ancient tradition, also decided to create a similar "lightning rod" for himself in order to protect himself from all kinds of misfortunes. His Dzisay is an unemployed, "former intellectual," doomed to receive blows and beatings instead of his enterprising master...
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Aleksandr Lykov
Rybakov, dzisai
Known for
Difficult Teens
High Security Vacation
Mikhail Filippov
Dudypin
Known for
Gagarin: First in Space
Marina Yesipenko
Klara
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Dzisay
Svetlana Timofeeva-Letunovskaya
Yeva
Also in
Peter on the Way to Heaven
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Evgeny Sergeev
Known for
Bastards
Dmytro Tomashpolskyi Director
United States release November 11, 2004 · Original title Дзисай
Languages
Original title
Дзисай
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 6, 2004
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 2004
Theatrical
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