The Idiot

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.

CAST

Setsuko HaraTaeko Nasu

Masayuki MoriKinji Kameda

Toshirō MifuneDenkichi Akama

Yoshiko KugaAyako

Takashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's father

Chieko HigashiyamaSatoko, Ayako's mother

Eijirō YanagiTohata

Minoru ChiakiMutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Noriko SengokuTakako

Kokuten KōdōJunpei

Bokuzen HidariKarube

Eiko MiyoshiMadame Kayama

Chiyoko FumiyaNoriko

Mitsuyo AkashiMadame Akama

Daisuke InoueKaoru