Basic Info
Release: May 23, 1951
Runtime: 166 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (121 votes)
Status: Released
The Idiot
1951
166 min
⭐ 7.0/10
121 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama
Crew
Takashi Koide
Producer
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
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