The Idiot

Where to Watch The Idiot (1951) Online Free

The Idiot is available to watch online on MyFlixer in high definition. Released in 1951, this drama film can be streamed instantly from the player above on any phone, tablet, laptop or smart TV, and you never need to create an account.

The Idiot brings together Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune and Yoshiko Kuga under the direction of Akira Kurosawa. It runs 2h 46m and holds a 7.0/10 average rating on TMDB from 135 votes. The drama and romance movie was released on May 23, 1951 by Shochiku (Japan), originally in Japanese.

Plot summary: A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.

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