The Idiot

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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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Creators

Akira Kurosawa

director

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

writer

Akira Kurosawa

writer

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Eijirō Hisaita

writer

Cast

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Setsuko Hara actor

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Masayuki Mori actor Toshirō Mifune actor

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Yoshiko Kuga actor

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Takashi Shimura actor

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Chieko Higashiyama actor

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Eijirō Yanagi actor

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Minoru Chiaki actor

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Noriko Sengoku actor

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Kokuten Kōdō actor

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Bokuzen Hidari actor

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Eiko Miyoshi actor

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Chiyoko Fumiya actor

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Mitsuyo Akashi actor

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Daisuke Inoue actor

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Fumio Tooyama actor

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Jun Yokoyama actor

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Atsumi Nakama actor

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Kunio Teshirogi actor

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Shoichi Kofujita actor