Overview:
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.| Original Title: | 白痴 |
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| Status: | Released (1951-05-23) |
| Screen: | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa |
| Productions: | Shochiku |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 95504: Setsuko Hara - Taeko Nasu
- 7452: Masayuki Mori - Kinji Kameda
- 7450: Toshirō Mifune - Denkichi Akama
- 82873: Yoshiko Kuga - Ayako
- 7453: Takashi Shimura - Ono, Ayako's father
- 134307: Chieko Higashiyama - Satoko, Ayako's mother
- 134312: Eijirō Yanagi - Tohata
Crews
- 109559: Takashi Koide - Producer - Production
- 223230: Fyodor Dostoevsky - Novel - Writing
- 7460: Fumio Hayasaka - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Director - Directing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Editor - Editing
- 1092852: Toshio Ubukata - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1547488: Ushitarô Shimada - Set Decoration - Art
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"Kameda" (Masayuki Mori) is a Japanese soldier suffering from what looks like a degree of PTSD after he only narrowly escaped a firing squad for a crime he did not commit in his country's war with Russia. His mental status is distinctly precarious when he heads home. Along the way he ....
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