The Idiot
Directed by Akira KurosawaA 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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The Idiot was released on 23 May 1951.
The Idiot was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The Idiot has a runtime of 2h 46m.
The Idiot was produced by Takashi Koide.
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 key characters in The Idiot are Taeko Nasu (Setsuko Hara), Kinji Kameda (Masayuki Mori), Denkichi Akama (Toshirō Mifune).
The Idiot is rated PG.
The Idiot is a Drama, Romance film.
The Idiot has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.