The Idiot

72
  • NR
  • Genre(s):DramaRomance
  • Release year: 1951
  • Running time: 166 min
After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring, and problem-plagued, productions of his career. The Idiot, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century...read more

After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring, and problem-plagued, productions of his career. The Idiot, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul's reintegration into society—updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness—was a victim of studio interference and, finally, public indifference. Today, this "folly" looks ever more fascinating, a stylish, otherworldly evocation of one man’s wintry mindscape.

Original Release

05/23/1951

US Release

04/30/1963

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Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Producers

Editors

Akira Kurosawa

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