The Idiot
1966
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MOVIE • 1951
The Idiot
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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 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
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Mitsuyo Akashi
Madame Akama
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FilmStatus
Released
Release
May 23, 1951
Runtime
166 min
Language
Japanese
Origin
Japan
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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