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The Idiot(1951)
Status: Released
Date: 1951-05-23
70%
127 Votes
Time: 2h 46m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
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Movie: The Idiot
Top 10 Billed Cast
原節子
Taeko Nasu
森雅之
Kinji Kameda
三船敏郎
Denkichi Akama
久我美子
Ayako
志村喬
Ono, Ayako's father
東山千栄子
Satoko, Ayako's mother
柳永二郎
Tohata
千秋実
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
千石規子
Takako
高堂国典
Junpei
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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.
Release Date
1951-05-23
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