- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1963-04-30
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Eijirô Hisaita , Akira Kurosawa
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Setsuko Hara , Masayuki Mori , Toshirō Mifune , Yoshiko Kuga , Takashi Shimura , Chieko Higashiyama , Eijirō Yanagi , Minoru Chiaki , Noriko Sengoku , Kokuten Kōdō
- Runtime: 166 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Idiot , El idiota (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Idiota (Poland) , El idiota (Spain) , The Idiot (Canada) , Idioten (Sweden) , The Idiot (Ireland) , Der Idiot , The Idiot (United Kingdom) , Ο ηλίθιος (Greece) , Hakuchi , The Idiot (Australia) , Idiotas (Lithuania) , The Idiot (New Zealand) , Идиот (Bulgaria) , O Idiota (Brazil) , 白痴 (Japan) , Идиот , Idioten (Denmark) , Ablah (Iran) , A félkegyelmű (Hungary) , Ідіот (Ukraine) , El idiota (Mexico) , The Idiot (United States of America) , L'idiota (Italy) , Idiot (Croatia) , Idiootti (Finland) , L'idiot (France, French Republic) , Idioten (Norway) , O Idiota (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0043614
The Idiot Cast · · · ALL
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya
Noriko
Mitsuyo Akashi
Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue
Kaoru
Jun Yokoyama
Shoichi Kofujita
Yôichi Ohsugi
Haruko Chichibu