The Idiot
1951/05/23 (US) | Drama, Romance
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.
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Shochiku
Crews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Takashi Koide
Producer
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Yoshie Taguchi
Costume Design
Takashi Matsuyama
Art Direction