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The Idiot - Masters of Cinema series [DVD]

DVD ~ Toshiro Mifune
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  • Actors: Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga
  • Directors: Akira Kurosawa
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Nov 2005
  • Run Time: 167 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007Z0VXE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,917 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Akira Kurosawa's The Idiot, his only adaptation of a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel, was a cherished project on which it is claimed he expended more effort than on any other film. A darkly ambitious exploration of the depths of human emotion, it combines the talents of two of the greatest Japanese actors of their generation — Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo) and Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story, Late Spring). The Idiot is perhaps the most contemplative of all Kurosawa's works, a tone which is heightened by the unusual, trance-like performances. Kurosawa's electrifying dramatisation uproots the novel's Russian Summer setting to a memorable, snowbound Hokkaido — the northern-most island of Japan, closest to Russia in climate and custom. War criminal Kameda (Masayuki Mori), reprieved from a death sentence, is fresh out of the asylum, mentally fragile, and prone to epileptic fits. In turn, his emotional involvement with two women (Setsuko Hara and Yoshiko Kuga) and his new, increasingly volatile friend Akama (Toshiro Mifune) leads further into madness and gross tragedy.


Special Features

• Newly restored transfer • Optional English subtitles • Production stills gallery • 32-page booklet with a new essay by Daryl Chin, and a reprint of the section on The Idiot from KUROSAWA: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema by Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto. • Plus more!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars sound skewed, 13 Dec 2008
By pingpong (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
Although I agree with other reviewer that this is faithful adaptation the sound quality is pretty appalling. There is a delay in the actors mouths moving to the sound! I may have had a bad copy/
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good representation of the book, 11 Sep 2008
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This is quite good, faithful to the original story (although the setting is moved from Russia to Japan).
Unfortunately 1 hour of footage is considered lost, so I wonder what the director's cut would have been like? At well over two hours I guess its long enough anyway for most people's attention spans...
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