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The Idiot

Movie
1951
2h 46m
Japanese
Drama, Romance
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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.
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7.1
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The Idiot (1951) on IMDb
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75

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Cast

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Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshir Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijir Yanagi
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
Kokuten Kd
Bokuzen Hidari
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya
Mitsuyo Akashi
Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue
Fumio Tooyama
Jun Yokoyama
Atsumi Nakama
Kunio Teshirogi
Shoichi Kofujita
Yoichi Osugi
Keiko Izumi
Haruko Chichibu
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Eijirō Hisaita (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Torgo says...
3 years ago
Weaker Kurosawa, but still enjoyable.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Hakuchi.
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
"Kameda" (Masayuki Mori) is a Japanese soldier suffering from what looks like a degree of PTSD after he only narrowly escaped a firing squad for a crime he did not commit in his country's war with Russia. His mental status is distinctly precarious when he heads home. Along the way he encounters the More
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