The Idiot(1951)
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.
Movie: The Idiot
Top 10 Billed Cast
Taeko Nasu
Kinji Kameda
Denkichi Akama
Ayako
Ono, Ayako's father
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Tohata
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Takako
Junpei
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