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The Idiot

Film19512h 46mReleased

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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Language
Japanese
Released
1951-05-23
Runtime
2h 46m

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The story

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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Cast

  • Setsuko Hara
    Setsuko HaraTaeko Nasu
  • Masayuki Mori
    Masayuki MoriKinji Kameda
  • Toshirō Mifune
    Toshirō MifuneDenkichi Akama
  • Yoshiko Kuga
    Yoshiko KugaAyako
  • Takashi Shimura
    Takashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's father
  • Chieko Higashiyama
    Chieko HigashiyamaSatoko, Ayako's mother
  • Eijirō Yanagi
    Eijirō YanagiTohata
  • Minoru Chiaki
    Minoru ChiakiMutsuo Kayama, the secretary
  • Noriko Sengoku
    Noriko SengokuTakako
  • Kokuten Kōdō
    Kokuten KōdōJunpei