The Idiot (1951)

7.0 May 23, 1951 2h 46m Released
DramaRomance

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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Cast

  • Setsuko Hara

    Setsuko Hara

    Taeko Nasu

  • Masayuki Mori

    Masayuki Mori

    Kinji Kameda

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō Mifune

    Denkichi Akama

  • Yoshiko Kuga

    Yoshiko Kuga

    Ayako

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi Shimura

    Ono, Ayako's father

  • Chieko Higashiyama

    Chieko Higashiyama

    Satoko, Ayako's mother

  • Eijirō Yanagi

    Eijirō Yanagi

    Tohata

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru Chiaki

    Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

  • Noriko Sengoku

    Noriko Sengoku

    Takako

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    Kokuten Kōdō

    Junpei

  • Bokuzen Hidari

    Bokuzen Hidari

    Karube

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Eiko Miyoshi

    Madame Kayama

  • Chiyoko Fumiya

    Chiyoko Fumiya

    Noriko

  • Mitsuyo Akashi

    Mitsuyo Akashi

    Madame Akama

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