The Idiot
Movie1951•2sa 46dk•star7.0(134)•trending_up2
DramaRomance
Director:Akira Kurosawa
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.
Details
Original Title白痴
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 23, 1951
Release Dates
France:
Theatrical - Oct 26, 1951
Japan:
Theatrical - May 23, 1951
Runtime2sa 46dk
000Origin CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Spoken Languages日本語
Production Companies
Cast
Featured 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
