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The Idiot

7.019512h 46mMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WritersAkira Kurosawa·Eijiro Hisaita
ProducerTakashi Koide

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Cast · Directed by Akira Kurosawa

SHSetsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
MMMasayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
YKYoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
TSTakashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
CHChieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
EYEijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
MCMinoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
NSNoriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Takako
KKKokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei
BHBokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari
Karube
EMEiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama

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