Japan,
1951, 166 min
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)
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