---
title: 'The Idiot (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 166
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idiot-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043614/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Idiot (1951)

1951 · 166 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 白痴

## Synopsis

The Idiot  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fumio Hayasaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-hayasaka)

## Cast

- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Noriko Sengoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-sengoku)
- [Chieko Higashiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-higashiyama)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Minoru Chiaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/minoru-chiaki)
- [Setsuko Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/setsuko-hara)
- [Eijirō Yanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-yanagi)
- [Masayuki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-mori)
- [Yoshiko Kuga](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-kuga)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q1194546); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.