The Idiot (1951)
7.0/10 · 1272h 46mDrama, Romance
Directed by 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.
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Top cast
Setsuko HaraTaeko Nasu
Masayuki MoriKinji Kameda
Toshirō MifuneDenkichi Akama
Yoshiko KugaAyako
Takashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's father
