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The Idiot

7.0(137)19512h 46m3

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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Japanese
  • jealousy
  • love triangle
  • snow
  • blizzard
  • dostoevsky
  • post war japan
  • epileptic
  • russian literature

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  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical26 Oct 1951
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical23 May 1951

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The Idiot was released on 23 May 1951.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/12/2023

    7/10

    "Kameda" (Masayuki Mori) is a Japanese soldier suffering from what looks like a degree of PTSD after he only narrowly escaped a firing squad for a crime he did not commit in his country's war with Russia. His mental status is distinctly precarious when he heads home. Along the way he encounters the savvy "Akama" (an on-form Toshirô Mifune) who is also a man on a bit of a mission - to wed his sweetheart "Taeko" (Setsu…

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