The Idiot (1951)

The Idiot (1951)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1951-05-23 Japan 166 Min. PG-13
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Drama, Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Setsuko Hara is Taeko Nasu
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori is Kinji Kameda
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune is Denkichi Akama
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga is Ayako
Ayako
Takashi Shimura is Ono, Ayako's father
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama is Satoko, Ayako's mother
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi is Tohata
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki is Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku is Takako
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō is Junpei
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari is Karube
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi is Madame Kayama
Madame Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya is Noriko
Noriko
Mitsuyo Akashi is Madame Akama
Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue is Kaoru
Kaoru
Fumio Tooyama is
Jun Yokoyama is
Atsumi Nakama is
Kunio Teshirogi is
Shoichi Kofujita is
Yoichi Osugi is
Keiko Izumi is
Haruko Chichibu is

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