The Idiot (1951)
- Original title
- 白痴
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 129 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A beautiful woman in post-war Japan becomes the center of a love triangle with two very different men. A wealthy man and a deeply idealistic man both fall for her, leading to jealousy and conflict.
melancholicslow-burndramatictenseemotionally intenseintrospectivetragicbittersweet
What happens
The Idiot (Japanese: 白痴, Hepburn: Hakuchi) is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Eijirō Hisaita. It is based on the 1869 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The original 265-minute version of the film, faithful to the novel, has been long lost. A nearly three-hour release currently survives as the most complete version of the film available for contemporary audiences. The film stars Setsuko Hara who plays the part of Taeko Nasu, the beautiful mistress of Tohata. The characters are involved in a weblike plot of intersecting relationships. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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