Directed by:
黒澤明Screenplay:
黒澤明Cinematography:
Toshio UbukataComposer:
Fumio HayasakaCast:
Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama, Minoru Chiaki, Reiko Mori, 三好栄子, 左卜全, Kokuten KôdôPlots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Setsuko Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/843/162843311_be49d5.jpg)
Setsuko Hara
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Late Autumn (1960)
![Masayuki Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273994_3853b1.jpg)
Masayuki Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
![Yoshiko Kuga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/807/159807312_cf55bf.jpg)
Yoshiko Kuga
Japan
Best movies:
Equinox Flower (1958)
Good Morning (1959)
Drunken Angel (1948)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Chieko Higashiyama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272540_e8cc86.jpg)
Chieko Higashiyama
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Tokyo Story (1953)
A Cheerful Girl (1957)
![Minoru Chiaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494627_f08db7.jpg)
Minoru Chiaki
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
Rashomon (1950)
![Reiko Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274857_d355d0.jpg)
Reiko Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Drunken Angel (1948)
三好栄子
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Living (1952)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
左卜全
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Red Beard (1965)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Kokuten Kôdô
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)