(白痴)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Drama,

Romance

Runtime:

166 minutes

Year:

1951

Directors:

Akira Kurosawa

Production companies:

Shochiku

Actors:

Taeko Nasu

Kinji Kameda

Denkichi Akama

Ayako

Ono, Ayako's father

Crews:

Producer

Novel

Original Music Composer

Director

Editor