MOVIE
The Idiot
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Idiot in its release era
Released in 1951, The Idiot sits inside the 1950s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1951-05-23
- TMDB score
- 7.0/10
- Original language
- JA
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Japan
- Studio
- Shochiku
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