Movie · 1951

The Idiot

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Melodramatic love triangle Psychological tragedy Compassionate outsider Postwar trauma Jealous obsession Wintry isolation

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Release
1951
Runtime
166 min

Synopsis

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.

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