The Idiot : Hakuchi / Shochiku Co. Ltd. ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; produced by Takashi Koide ; screenplay by Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionJapanese version.
Publication Info[Hong Kong] : Panorama Entertainment : Platinum Classics, ©2003.
Description1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet : illustrations)
Subjects

Other author/creatorKurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Other author/creatorMori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
Other author/creatorMifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
Other author/creatorHara, Setsuko, 1920-2015
Other author/creatorShimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
Other author/creatorKuga, Yoshiko.
Other author/creatorHisaita, Eijirō, 1898-1976.
Other author/creatorKoide, Takashi, 1938-
Other author/creatorDostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Idiot.
Other author/creatorPanorama Entertainment.
Other author/creatorPlatinum Classics.
Other author/creatorShōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
Parallel title Idiot
SeriesKinema no seiki = A century of Japanese cinema = Riben ying hua bai nian shi
Riben ying hua bai nian shi ; 29. ^A598891
Abstract Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an anarchist.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1951.
General noteBased on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
General noteScreen format: Letter box.
General noteSpecial features: director's biography and filmography.
General noteIncludes collectible handbill with in-depth production notes in English and Chinese inserted in container.
CreditsCinematography, Toshiro Ubukata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Cast Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura, Yoshiko Kuga.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles.
Publisher numberPCLDVD301060 Panorama Entertainment