The Idiot
Shochiku (1951)
Drama, Romance
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166 mins Japan / Japanese
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Setsuko Hara Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori Kinji Kameda
Toshirô Mifune Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga Ayako
Takashi Shimura Ono / Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama Satoko / Ayako's mother
Eijirô Yanagi Tohata
Minoru Chiaki Mutsuo Kayama / the secretary
Noriko Sengoku Takako
Kokuten Kodo Jumpei
Bokuzen Hidari Karube
Eiko Miyoshi Madame Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya Noriko
Mitsuyo Akashi Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue Kaoru
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Producer Takashi Koide
Writer Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eijirô Hisaita
Cinematography Toshio Ubukata
Musician Fumio Hayasaka

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.
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