

The Idiot
1951 Directed by Akira KurosawaKameda, 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.
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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
Director
...........................................................Akira Kurosawa
Producer
...........................................................Takashi Koide
Novel
...........................................................Fyodor Dostoevsky
Original Music Composer
...........................................................Fumio Hayasaka
Editor
...........................................................Akira Kurosawa
Director of Photography
...........................................................Toshio Ubukata
Screenplay
...........................................................Akira Kurosawa
Production Companies
...................................................Shochiku
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Drama
Romance
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