1951
7.0 (116 votes)
2h 46m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Shochiku
The Idiot (白痴)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Takashi Koide
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director of Photography: Toshio Ubukata
Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Eijirō Hisaita
Top Cast
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
