The Idiot
118 reviews
Drama/Romance
2h 46m
1951
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...
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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.
- DirectorAkira Kurosawa
- Release23 May 1951
- Genre
- Duration2h 46m
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- Revenue?
- Rate118 reviews
- Productions
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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

Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko Sengoku
Takako

Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei

Bokuzen Hidari
Karube

Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama

Daisuke Inoue
Kaoru

Shoichi Kofujita
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