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The Idiot · LeviOsa

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DramaRomance2h 46m

🍅60%

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60%

Tomatometer

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73%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

ReleasedMay 23, 1951

StatusReleased

Original languageJapanese

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Shochiku

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

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

3 fresh · 4 rotten

G

Grant Watson

RTFiction MachineApr 9, 2022

The Idiot is overwrought, over-long and ultimate quite a chore through which to sit.

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Dwight MacDonald

RTEsquire MagazineAug 12, 2019

In The Idiot, Kurosawa exhibits none of that cinematic originality and virtuosity that delighted us in his other films of the same time. The photography is routine when it is not actually amateurish.

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Michael E. Grost

RTClassic Film and TelevisionDec 3, 2016

Difficult but rewarding drama with outstanding events and location photography of Hokkaido.

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Dan Jardine

RTCinemaniaAug 16, 2011

Motivation switches on a dime, and the story takes the long way around to get anywhere it's going.

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Information

Title

The Idiot

Released

May 23, 1951

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

Japan

Original Audio

Japanese

Runtime

2h 46m

Status

Released

Studio

Shochiku

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