The Idiot (1951)

  • NR
  • 10/26/1951 (FR)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2h 46m

Overview

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.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novel

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Screenplay

Eijirō Hisaita

Screenplay

Cast

Setsuko Hara's headshot

Setsuko Hara

Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori's headshot

Masayuki Mori

Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga's headshot

Yoshiko Kuga

Ayako
Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama's headshot

Chieko Higashiyama

Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi's headshot

Eijirō Yanagi

Tohata
Minoru Chiaki's headshot

Minoru Chiaki

Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

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