The Idiot

Based On the book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Idiot (Japanese: 白痴, Hepburn: Hakuchi) is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Eijirō Hisaita. It is based on the 1869 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The original 265-minute version of the film, faithful to the novel, has been long lost. A nearly three-hour release currently survives as the most complete version of the film available for contemporary audiences.

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Release date:

1951

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Setsuko Hara, Yoshiko Kuga, Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1951 in adaptations