The Idiot

The Idiot (1951)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1951-05-23
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 109 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 46min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Summary

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.

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  • Setsuko Hara

    as Taeko Nasu

  • Masayuki Mori

    as Kinji Kameda

  • Toshirō Mifune

    as Denkichi Akama

  • Yoshiko Kuga

    as Ayako

  • Takashi Shimura

    as Ono, Ayako's father

  • Chieko Higashiyama

    as Satoko, Ayako's mother

  • Eijirō Yanagi

    as Tohata

  • Minoru Chiaki

    as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

  • Noriko Sengoku

    as Takako

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    as Junpei

  • Bokuzen Hidari

    as Karube

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    as Madame Kayama

  • Chiyoko Fumiya

    as Noriko

  • Mitsuyo Akashi

    as Madame Akama

  • Daisuke Inoue

    as Kaoru

  • Fumio Tooyama

    as

  • Jun Yokoyama

    as

  • Atsumi Nakama

    as

  • Kunio Teshirogi

    as

  • Shoichi Kofujita

    as

  • Yoichi Osugi

    as

  • Keiko Izumi

    as

  • Haruko Chichibu

    as
Production Takashi Koide Producer
Writing Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel
Sound Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer
Directing Akira Kurosawa Director
Editing Akira Kurosawa Editor
Camera Toshio Ubukata Director of Photography
Art Ushitarô Shimada Set Decoration
Writing Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Lighting Akio Tamura Lighting Technician
Costume & Make-Up Yoshie Taguchi Costume Design
Writing Eijirō Hisaita Screenplay
Sound Yoshisaburo Seno Sound Recordist
Art Takashi Matsuyama Art Direction

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