Plot Summary
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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Full Cast & Characters
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama
Director & Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
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What is the TMDB rating of The Idiot?
It has a TMDB rating of 7.0/10 based on 137 votes.
Who directed The Idiot?
The Idiot was directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1951.
How long is The Idiot?
The Idiot has a runtime of 2 hours and 46 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1951-05-23
- Status
- Released