Movie: The Idiot

Top 10 Billed Cast

Setsuko Hara
原節子

Taeko Nasu

Masayuki Mori
森雅之

Kinji Kameda

Toshirō Mifune
三船敏郎

Denkichi Akama

Yoshiko Kuga
久我美子

Ayako

Takashi Shimura
志村喬

Ono, Ayako's father

Chieko Higashiyama
東山千栄子

Satoko, Ayako's mother

Eijirō Yanagi
柳永二郎

Tohata

Minoru Chiaki
千秋実

Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko Sengoku
千石規子

Takako

Kokuten Kōdō
高堂国典

Junpei

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    Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.

  • Release Date

    1951-05-23

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    日本語
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