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The Idiot (1951)

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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.

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Cast

  • Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara Taeko Nasu
  • Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori Kinji Kameda
  • Toshirō Mifune Toshirō Mifune Denkichi Akama
  • Yoshiko Kuga Yoshiko Kuga Ayako
  • Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Ono, Ayako's father
  • Chieko Higashiyama Chieko Higashiyama Satoko, Ayako's mother
  • Eijirō Yanagi Eijirō Yanagi Tohata
  • Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
  • Noriko Sengoku Noriko Sengoku Takako
  • Kokuten Kōdō Kokuten Kōdō Junpei
  • Bokuzen Hidari Bokuzen Hidari Karube
  • Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi Madame Kayama
  • Chiyoko Fumiya Chiyoko Fumiya Noriko
  • Mitsuyo Akashi Madame Akama
  • Daisuke Inoue Daisuke Inoue Kaoru
  • Fumio Tooyama
  • Jun Yokoyama
  • Atsumi Nakama

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