The Idiot

The Idiot

1951
2h 46m
7.0

7.0/10

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Drama Romance
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

jealousy love triangle snow blizzard dostoevsky post war japan epileptic russian literature

Quick Facts

Original Title 白痴
Release Date May 23, 1951
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0043614

Cast

Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara

Taeko Nasu

Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori

Kinji Kameda

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Denkichi Akama

Yoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga

Ayako

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Ono, Ayako's father

Chieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama

Satoko, Ayako's mother

Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi

Tohata

Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki

Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku

Takako

Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō

Junpei

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari

Karube

Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi

Madame Kayama

Key Crew

Takashi Koide
Producer
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay