even though this is one of kurosawa's more criticized films, i really liked it quite a bit. the acting and incoherence of the plot are the things most often criticized, and while i agree the love story lost its focus a few times, i actually found the acting to be very engaging. ...( read more)
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May 25, 2008
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May 23, 2008
Akira Kurosawa's spin on Dostoyevsky sees a man traumatised by his war time experiences resulting in a new appreciation for life. His openness and honesty acts as a reflection of the hypocrisy and selfishness of those around him, some deriding him as an idiot and others hating hi...( read more)
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October 24, 2008
Hara is the sheer benevolence of the film.You do await the breaking point just like the novel's mystical eccentricities.Kurosawa guides the dramatic community to far beyond limits and stretching a bleak,ominous,malevolent environment.A perfect cinematography and I will give it 6 ...( read more)
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February 4, 2009
Kurosawa qui adapte Dostoïevski, ça peut juste être plus grand que nature. Malheureusement, le studio est venu s'en mêler et la version originale de 4h30 est maintenant présentée dans une version tronquée de 2h46. Résultat: on ne goûte pas à toute la majesté du projet. Certaines ...( read more)
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December 20, 2008THE IDIOT (1951)
directed by Akira Kurosawa
starring Masayuki Mori, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko KugaThis nearly 3-hour long black and white subtitled Japanese film is Akira Kurosawa's audacious adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's fa...( read more) -
November 16, 2008
Some contrasting emotions about this film: At the beggining I was thinking it was a film with not so much new to offer me. Since the moment Kameda and Akama look at the Taeko's portait this idea was quickly vanished. Then, the film started to get very interesting and emotional, b...( read more)
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October 1, 2008
Personally, even though this was a butchered version, it is still a masterpiece of performance and where every twitch and nerve matches the sound and the smell and the image as we as the audience see it. I was bewildered to the end and wanted more and I hope and pray the extended...( read more)
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February 23, 2008
This is considered Akira Kurosawa's failure? Gosh, I liked it even more than some of the other Kurosawa's I've seen...AND I LOVE KUROSAWA!
Okay, I will start off by saying this movie is flawed. This five-stars is completely subjective because I was so enthralled by the movie...( read more)
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