Hakuchi = Idiot /
白痴
白痴
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
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| Format: | Unknown |
| Language: | Japanese English |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
©2007
[Irvington, NY] : [2007] [Irvington, NY] : [2009] |
| Edition: | Fullscreen presentation |
| Series: | 25 films by Akira Kurosawa
AK100 (Criterion Collection (Firm)) ; disc 11 Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)) Postwar Kurosawa Eclipse series ; 7 |
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| Summary: | 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 Kurosawa's dramatisation of Dostoevsky's novel changes the setting from Russia in summer to a memorable, snowbound Hokkaido - the northernmost island of Japan. War criminal Kameda, 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 and his new, increasingly volatile friend Akame lead him further into madness and gross tragedy. Never distributed in its full 266-minute form, the film was re-edited by the studio prior to relaese. This 166-minute version, the 1951 release print, is the lognest known to be in existence 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 |
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| Item Description: | Aspect ratio 1.33:1 Based on The idiot / by Fyodor Dostoevsky Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa with book included (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.) Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951 Originally released as a motion picture in 1951 Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1951 |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital monaural DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono DVD; region 1, NTSC ; mono |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Ubukata Toshio ; music, Hayasaka Fumio Cinematography, Ubukata Toshio; music, Hayasaka Fumio Production design by Takashi Matsuyama ; music by Fumio Hayasaka |
| ISBN: | 1604650028 1604650079 1604652268 9781604650020 9781604650075 9781604652260 |