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The Idiot

1951 · 166 min · Director: Akira Kurosawa ★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,344 ratings

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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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The Idiot (1951) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Cast

YK
Yoshiko Kuga

YK
Yoshiko Kuga

Ayako

CH
Chieko Higashiyama

EY
Eijirō Yanagi

EY
Eijirō Yanagi

Tohata

NS
Noriko Sengoku

Takako

KK
Kokuten Kōdō

KK
Kokuten Kōdō

Junpei

BH
Bokuzen Hidari

Karube

EM
Eiko Miyoshi

Madame Kayama

CF
Chiyoko Fumiya

Noriko

MA
Mitsuyo Akashi

Madame Akama

DI
Daisuke Inoue

Kaoru

FT
Fumio Tooyama

JY
Jun Yokoyama

AN
Atsumi Nakama

KT
Kunio Teshirogi

SK
Shoichi Kofujita

Details

Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Akira Kurosawa, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eijiro Hisaita
Type
Movies
Released
1951
Runtime
166 min
Country
Japan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,344 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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