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The Idiot

1951·2h 46m·Drama·Romance
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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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DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterFyodor Dostoevsky
Release dateMay 23, 1951
Runtime2h 46m
LanguageJapanese

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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,...

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The Idiot was directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1951. It stars Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori and Toshirō Mifune.

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