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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.
The Idiot is a 1951 drama and romance movie directed by Akira Kurosawa starring Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori and Toshirō Mifune. It runs 166 minutes. Viewers rate it 7.0/10 on TMDB based on 137 votes.
- Released: 1951-05-23
- Runtime: 166 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
The Idiot cast
Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama, Eijirō Yanagi, Minoru Chiaki, Noriko Sengoku, Kokuten Kōdō