The Idiot
movie
Released May 23, 1951
Overview
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
as
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
as
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
as
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
as
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
as
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
as
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
as
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki
as
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
as
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō
as
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari
as
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi
as
Madame Kayama
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
as
Director
Fyodor Dostoevsky
as
Novel
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Takashi Koide
as
Producer
Fumio Hayasaka
as
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
as
Editor
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Toshio Ubukata
as
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
as
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
as
Screenplay
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Takashi Matsuyama
as
Art Direction
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Ushitarô Shimada
as
Set Decoration
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Akio Tamura
as
Lighting Technician
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Yoshisaburo Seno
as
Sound Recordist