The Idiot

白痴
1951 166 min Drama · Romance

Apparently someone thought Dostoevsky needed a snowy backdrop. Kameda arrives in Hokkaidō and gets entangled in a complicated web of relationships. His compassion only makes things messier, naturally.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Written by Akira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita

Starring Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama

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