The Idiot, based on Dostoevsky’s novel, is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira
Kurosawa. Kurosawa writes:
"I had
wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon.
Since I was little I've liked Russian literature, but I find that I like
Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful
film. He is still my favorite author, and he is the one — I still think — who
writes most honestly about human existence."_1951.jpg)
“Dostoyevsky wanted to portray a genuinely good man. It may seem ironic choosing a young idiot as his hero. But in this world goodness and idiocy are often equated. This story tells of the destruction of a pure soul by a faithless world.”
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Films by Kurosawa
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