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    Poster of the movie The Idiot [1951]
    1951    
    2h 46min

    Masayuki Mori is a changed man: shaken by his recent near-death experiences, he is incapable of anything but utter candor -- an idiot, in the eyes of society. He becomes embroiled in a love triangle involving old friend Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki and the dangerously alluring Setsuko Hara. "Shows an artist at the peak of his powers.

    Directed byAkira Kurosawa
    Written byAkira Kurosawa
    CompanyShochiku Films of AmericaShochiku Films of AmericaShochiku Films of America
    Original titleHakuchi
    Original lang.Japanese
    CountryJapan

    Starring

    Setsuko Hara
    Masayuki Mori
    Toshirô Mifune
    Yoshiko Kuga
    Takashi Shimura
    Chieko Higashiyama
    Eijirô Yanagi
    Minoru Chiaki
    Noriko Sengoku
    Kokuten Kôdô
    Bokuzen Hidari
    Eiko Miyoshi
    Chiyoko Fumiya
    Mitsuyo Akashi
    Daisuke Inoue
    Jun Yokoyama
    Atsumi Nakama
    Kunio Miyogi
    Shôichi Kofujita
    Yôichi Ôsugi
    Keiko Izumi
    Haruko Chichibu

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