The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%. It runs long at 2h 46m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
135 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Eijiro HisaitaScreenplay
Cast
- Setsuko HaraTaeko Nasu
- Masayuki MoriKinji Kameda
- Toshirō MifuneDenkichi Akama
- Yoshiko KugaAyako
- Takashi ShimuraOno, Ayako's father
- Chieko HigashiyamaSatoko, Ayako's mother
- Eijirō YanagiTohata
- Minoru ChiakiMutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- Noriko SengokuTakako
- Kokuten KōdōJunpei
- Bokuzen HidariKarube
- Eiko MiyoshiMadame Kayama
Stills
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Themes
jealousylove trianglesnowblizzarddostoevskypost war japanepilepticrussian literature