Movie·1951·2h 46m
The Idiot
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 白痴
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.
Written By
Eijiro Hisaita
Producer
Takashi Koide
Cinematography
Toshio Ubukata
Music
Fumio Hayasaka
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Themes
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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
Chiyoko Fumiya
Noriko
Mitsuyo Akashi
Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue
Kaoru
Fumio Tooyama
Jun Yokoyama
Atsumi Nakama
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Crew
Takashi Koide
Producer
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
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