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The Idiot
1951
Retelling of Fydor Dostoyevsky's novel, where the action is transferred from Russia to Northern Japan. An unstable war criminal acquitted of charges gets involved with two women... Read more
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga |
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| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The Idiot
Retelling of Fydor Dostoyevsky's novel, where the action is transferred from Russia to Northern Japan. An unstable war criminal acquitted of charges gets involved with two women...
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga |
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| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Studio | EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT |
| Original title | Hakuchi |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 47 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1951 To Rent: DVD: 14 Nov 2004 |
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Kurosawa's adaptation from his favourite novelist Dostoevsky has an undeserved reputation as a failure. True, it has a... read more on Time Out
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- 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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Flawed but remarkable
The extra features inform us that Kurosawa's original (over five hours) was cut to about half the size by the studio in the space of a week. This results in... read more »
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- NorwichTim
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- 13 Jan 2006 at 12:20
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Emotional tour de force
Just shows what a remarkable director Kurosawa is, this film is heartfelt and a emotionally evocative piece of creative work, which is wonderfully directed and ... read more »
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- a customer
- 23 Dec 2011 at 11:21
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Long slow and formal, but not without charm
This is a very slow film, but its emotional intensity makes it worth watching, and the actors make the most of their very formal roles.
There are a ... read more » - 1045853
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- Gavinder
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- 28 Sep 2011 at 21:21
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The only Kurosawa film I haven't enjoyed
I don't the story of 'The Idiot' and I'm more aware of it now but I don't feel more inclined to seek out the novel. This is a very long, ... read more »
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- brokenking
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