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Title Hakuchi = Idiot / Janus Films ; Shōhiku Eiga ; seisaku, Koide Takashi ; kikaku, Motoki Sōjirō ; kyakuhon, Hisaita Eijirō, Kurosawa Akira ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009.
1951.

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN IDIOT    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series 25 films by Akira Kurosawa
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
Cast Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama, Eijiro Yanagi, Minoru Chiaki, Noriko Sengoku, Kokuten Kodo, Bokuzen Hidari, Eiko Miyoshi, Chiyoko Fumiya, Mitsuyo Akashi, Daisuke Inoue.
Credits Production design, Takashi Matsuyama ; cinematographer, Toshio Ubukata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; editor, Sugihara Yoshi.
Note Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
Summary The Idiot, 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, was a victim of studio interference and public indifference. Today, this "folly" looks ever more fascinating.
Language Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Idiot -- Film adaptations.
People with mental disabilities -- Japan -- Drama.
Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Hokkaido (Japan) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films -- Japan.
Film adaptations.
Foreign language films.
Added Author Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Director. Screenwriter.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Idiot.
Koide, Takashi, 1938- Producer.
Motoki, Sōjirō. Producer.
Hisaita, Eijirō, 1898-1976. Screenwriter.
Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015. Actor.
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973. Actor.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
Kuga, Yoshiko. Actor.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
Higashiyama, Chieko, 1890-1980. Actor.
Yanagi, Eijirō, 1895-1984. Actor.
Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999. Actor.
Sengoku, Noriko. Actor.
Hidari, Bokuzen, 1894-1971. Actor.
Miyoshi, Eiko. Actor.
Ubukata, Toshio. Cinematographer.
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955. Composer.
Janus Films.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Idiot
Added Title AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
Standard No. 715515052016
Music No. AK100D11 Criterion Collection
CC1858D Criterion Collection (set)
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