The Idiot (1951)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 166 min · Drama, Romance
27.0 TOPICAL score · #3,823 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Idiot (1951, directed by Akira Kurosawa) has a TOPICAL score of 27.0 - ranked 3,823 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 64% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (137 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics64% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7/10 (137 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read6,186 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune (actor #16), Yoshiko Kuga