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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Period Film
• Themes: Self-Destructive Romance, Love Triangles
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Main Cast: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Yoshiko Kuga
• Release Year: 1951
• Country: JP
• Run Time: 166 minutes

Plot

A former soldier is branded an idiot because of his epileptic seizures caused by wartime experiences. He shows unbridled compassion for people after he moves in with friends of his family as he tries to help a young man ruined by the war and a woman hounded by a wealthy but cruel suitor. All the characters are victims of the war and its devastating emotional aftershocks. Taken from Feodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel, the screenplay was written by the film's director, Akira Kurosawa. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Masayuki Mori - Kinji Kameda, the idiot
• Toshiro Mifune - Denkichi Akama
• Setsuko Hara - Taeko Nasu
• Yoshiko Kuga - Ayako Uno

Mitsuyo Akashi - Akama's Mother
Minoru Chiaki - Kayama, the secretary
Minoru Chiaki - Mutsuo Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya - Noriko
Bokuzen Hidari - Karube
Chieko Higashiyama - Satoki Ono, the Mother
Daisuke Inoue - Kaoru
Kokuten Kodo - Jyunpei
Eiko Miyoshi - Kayama's Mother
Noriko Sengoku - Takako
Takashi Shimura - Ono, the father
Eijiro Yanagi - Tohata

Credit

Akira Kurosawa - Director; Akira Kurosawa - Screenwriter; Shinobu Muraki - Production Designer; Yoshiro Muraki - Production Designer; Fumio Hayasaka - Composer (Music Score); Eijiro Hisaita - Screenwriter; Takashi Koide - Producer; So Matsuyama - Art Director; Choichi Nakai - Cinematographer; T. Saito - Editor; Toshio Ubukata - Cinematographer; Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Book Author

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