Japan Synopsis
白痴
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Idiot. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Idiot itself).
The 1950–1952 Japan Window
The Idiot holds position #7 of 13 Japan films in the 1950–1952 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Idiot premiered alongside 3 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 3 other Japan films in 1951.
The 53rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
97 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (76th percentile) outruns trending popularity (52th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Idiot, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- blizzard · 2
- dostoevsky · 1
- epileptic · 1
- russian literature · 1
- jealousy · 24
- snow · 17
- post war japan · 12
- love triangle · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,130 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #936 of 1,933 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 2h 46m |
| Release Date | May 23, 1951 |
| IMDb | tt0043614 |