The Idiot (1951)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita.
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Setsuko Hara as Taeko Nasu |
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Masayuki Mori as Kinji Kameda |
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Toshirō Mifune as Denkichi Akama |
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Yoshiko Kuga as Ayako |
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Takashi Shimura as Ono, Ayako's father |
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Chieko Higashiyama as Satoko, Ayako's mother |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Tohata |
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Minoru Chiaki as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary |
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Noriko Sengoku as Takako |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Junpei |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Karube |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Madame Kayama |
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Chiyoko Fumiya as Noriko |
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Mitsuyo Akashi as Madame Akama |
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Daisuke Inoue as Kaoru |
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Fumio Tooyama as |
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Jun Yokoyama as |
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Atsumi Nakama as |
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Kunio Teshirogi as |
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Shoichi Kofujita as |
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Yoichi Osugi as |
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Keiko Izumi as |
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Haruko Chichibu as |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novel |
| Production | Takashi Koide | Producer |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Camera | Toshio Ubukata | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshie Taguchi | Costume Design |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Akio Tamura | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Ushitarô Shimada | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yoshisaburo Seno | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Eijiro Hisaita | Screenplay |
