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The Idiot
The Idiot
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THE IDIOT

白痴 | Hakuchi

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1951
Drama, Romance

Synopsis

The Idiot is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul’s reintegration into society—updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness.

Synopsis

The Idiot is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul’s reintegration into society—updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness.