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The Idiot

1951★ 7.0 · 1312h 46mDramaRomance

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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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三船敏郎
as Denkichi Akama

志村喬
as Ono, Ayako's father

原節子
as Taeko Nasu

千秋実
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

高堂国典
as Junpei

東山千栄子
as Satoko, Ayako's mother

三好栄子
as Madame Kayama

森雅之
as Kinji Kameda

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Release date: 1951-05-23

Runtime: 2h 46m

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DramaRomance

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