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The Idiot (1951)

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Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Starring:

Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori

Genres:

Drama Classics

Origin:

Japan

Certificate:

PG

Languages:

Japanese With Subtitles

Subtitles:

English

Running Time:

159 min

The Idiot

synopsis


Based on Dostoyevky's The Idiot, Akira Kurosawa faithfully translates his favourite author's tale of love and murder to the snowy northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Kameda-a mentally fragile innocent incapable of dishonesty-meets Akama (Toshiro Mifune) on his return home from an asylum. They become involved with the brash, betrothed former concubine Taeko (Setsuko Hara) and the innocent Ayoko, leading to an intricate, complicated and ultimately tragic web of love, hate and human frailty. The film that Kurosawa felt he had 'put more of himself into than any other picture', The Idiot is a psychological drama of unparalleled beauty, retaining all the elements that have made Kurosawa's reputation as one of the best directors of all time. Kurosawa's original version of The Idiot - running to 265 minutes - was never released publicly. Asked to reduce the running time by half, Kurosawa is said to have retorted that the film should be cut in half lengthwise. His original is now deemed irretrievably lost; this version, running to 159 minutes, is the original Japanese theatrical release of 1951.

 
 

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