The Idiot(白痴)
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Japan · 1951
2h 46m
Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga
Genre Drama, Romance
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Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido, where he falls for a woman named Taeko. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by a man named Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and tragedy ensues.
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