

The Idiot
1951-05-23 · 166 min · ★ 7.0
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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- Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Production companies
- Shochiku
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Setsuko HaraTaeko Nasu
Masayuki MoriKinji Kameda
Toshirō MifuneDenkichi Akama
Yoshiko KugaAyako
Takashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's father
Chieko HigashiyamaSatoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō YanagiTohata
Minoru ChiakiMutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko SengokuTakako
Kokuten KōdōJunpei
Bokuzen HidariKarube
Eiko MiyoshiMadame Kayama
Chiyoko FumiyaNoriko
Daisuke InoueKaoru
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