The Idiot (7.0)

Movie · 1951 · 2 h 46 min · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Starring 原節子, 森雅之, Toshirō Mifune, 久我美子, 志村喬, 東山千栄子, 柳永二郎, 千秋実, 千石規子, 高堂国典

Stream in the US