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After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring, and problem-plagued, productions of his career. The Idiot, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul's reintegration into society—updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness—was a victim of studio interference and, finally, public indifference. Today, this "folly" looks ever more fascinating, a stylish, otherworldly evocation of one man’s wintry mindscape.
Original Release
05/23/1951
US Release
04/30/1963
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Setsuko Hara | Taeko Nasu |
Masayuki Mori | Kinji Kameda |
Toshirô Mifune | Denkichi Akama |
Yoshiko Kuga | Ayako |
Takashi Shimura | Ono, Ayako's father |
Chieko Higashiyama | Satoko, Ayako's mother |
Eijirô Yanagi | Tohata |
Minoru Chiaki | Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary |
Noriko Sengoku | Takako |
Kokuten Kôdô | Jumpei / Junpei |
Directors
Writers
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Setsuko Hara | Taeko Nasu |
Masayuki Mori | Kinji Kameda |
Toshirô Mifune | Denkichi Akama |
Yoshiko Kuga | Ayako |
Takashi Shimura | Ono, Ayako's father |
Chieko Higashiyama | Satoko, Ayako's mother |
Eijirô Yanagi | Tohata |
Minoru Chiaki | Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary |
Noriko Sengoku | Takako |
Kokuten Kôdô | Jumpei / Junpei |
Bokuzen Hidari | Karube |
Eiko Miyoshi | Madame Kayama |
Chiyoko Fumiya | Noriko |
Mitsuyo Akashi | Madame Akama |
Daisuke Inoue | Kaoru |
Jun Yokoyama | |
Atsumi Nakama | |
Kunio Miyogi | |
Shoichi Kofujita | (as Shôichi Kotôda) |
Yôichi Ôsugi | (as Yoichi Osugi) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Takashi Koide | Executive Producer |
Takashi Koide | Producer |