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The Idiot

The Idiot

1951 2h 46mDramaRomance

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.

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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.

The vibe

jealousylove trianglesnowblizzarddostoevskypost war japanepilepticrussian literature

Behind it

Akira KurosawaAkira KurosawaDirectorEijiro HisaitaEijiro HisaitaScreenplayFumio HayasakaFumio HayasakaComposerToshio UbukataCinematography

Cast

Setsuko HaraSetsuko HaraTaeko NasuMasayuki MoriMasayuki MoriKinji KamedaToshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneDenkichi AkamaYoshiko KugaYoshiko KugaAyakoTakashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's fatherChieko HigashiyamaChieko HigashiyamaSatoko, Ayako's motherEijirō YanagiEijirō YanagiTohataMinoru ChiakiMinoru ChiakiMutsuo Kayama, the secretaryNoriko SengokuNoriko SengokuTakakoKokuten KōdōKokuten KōdōJunpeiBokuzen HidariBokuzen HidariKarubeEiko MiyoshiEiko MiyoshiMadame KayamaChiyoko FumiyaChiyoko FumiyaNorikoMitsuyo AkashiMadame AkamaDaisuke InoueDaisuke InoueKaoruFumio TooyamaJun YokoyamaAtsumi Nakama

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita

Release date

23 May 1951

Runtime

2h 46m

Studio

Shochiku

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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