The Idiot

• 6.9 Drama
• 1951-05-23
• 166 minutes mins

Kameda, 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.

Starring:

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) Minoru Chiaki (Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary) Noriko Sengoku (Takako) Kokuten Kōdō (Junpei)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writer:

Akira Kurosawa Eijirō Hisaita