Synopsis
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.
Facts
Based on
The Idiot
Setting
Sapporo, Japan
Production
Shochiku
Original language
Japanese
Stills
Festival History
- Melbourne International Film Festival 1971 generic
