The Idiot

The Idiot

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.

JP

Made in JP

7/10

1951

Drama
Romance
Shochiku

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Cast

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

As Taeko Nasu

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

As Kinji Kameda

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

As Denkichi Akama

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

As Ayako

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

As Ono, Ayako's father

Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

As Satoko, Ayako's mother

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

As Tohata

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

As Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

As Takako

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

As Junpei

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

As Karube

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

As Madame Kayama

Chiyoko Fumiya

Chiyoko Fumiya

As Noriko

Mitsuyo Akashi

Mitsuyo Akashi

As Madame Akama

Daisuke Inoue

Daisuke Inoue

As Kaoru

Fumio Tooyama

Fumio Tooyama

As

Jun Yokoyama

Jun Yokoyama

As

Atsumi Nakama

Atsumi Nakama

As

Kunio Teshirogi

Kunio Teshirogi

As

Shoichi Kofujita

Shoichi Kofujita

As

Yoichi Osugi

Yoichi Osugi

As

Keiko Izumi

Keiko Izumi

As

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

As

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