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The Idiot
1951 · 2h 46m · Drama, Romance
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.
Cast
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 KayamaReviews 0
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