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The Idiot

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The Idiot

7.0

2h 46m

1951

Synopsis

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

DramaRomance

jealousylove trianglesnowblizzarddostoevskypost war japanepilepticrussian literature

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Cast & Crew

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

as Taeko Nasu

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

as Kinji Kameda

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

as Denkichi Akama

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

as Ayako

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

as Ono, Ayako's father

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

as Satoko, Ayako's mother

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

as Tohata

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

as Takako

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