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Idiot (The) AKA Hakuchi (1951)
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women.Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: R2-
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Subtitles:Chinese (Traditional), English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes�ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946)
DISC TWO
* "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947)
DISC THREE
* "Scandal" (1950)
DISC FOUR
* "The Idiot" (1951)
DISC FIVE
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available in "The Eclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa" set in five slim cases housed in a cardboard slipcase, with liner notes printed on the DVD covers.
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Extras:Stills Gallery
- Script (1 still)
- Production News (6 pages)
- Newspaper clippings (9 pages)
- Press (1 still)
- Poster (1 still)
- Theatrical Program (4 pages)
- Rerelease Program (9 pages)
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Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in the "Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Shochiku Box" which includes “Scandal”, “The Idiot”, and “Rhapsody in August”, with each disc in separate Digipack cases, 52 page booklets for each film, a 148 page book with a reprint of the script for “The Idiot” and an envelope with a reprint of the handwritten letter from Akira Kurosawa to Richard Gere, packaged in a cloth bound red box.
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Subtitles:French, German
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Video introduction by Alex Cox (7:48)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:36-page Booklet:
-"The Idiot as seen by Akira Kurosawa", essay by Daryl Chin
-"The Idiot", essay by Mitsushiro Yoshimoto (reprinted from his book "Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema", 2000)
This release is NTSC, but this is not mentioned on the package. -
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Extras:Photo Gallery
Bonus Trailers:
-"Early Summer", "An Autumn Afternoon", "Seven Samarai", "Taste of Cherry", "The Wind Will Carry Us" -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: R2
The UK release for the extras.
NOTE: Various sources describe the film as made by Kurosawa was 266 minutes long. The studio removed 100 minutes, which are now considered lost.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Bo Ying - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (166:12 NTSC).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (166:10 NTSC).
- R1 Postwar Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (166:30 NTSC).
- R2 Japan- Shochiku - No cuts - Theatrical cut (146:13 NTSC)
- R2 Switzerland- Trigon Film - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (166:26 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (166:25 NTSC).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical Cut (159:35 PAL)
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Comparison added by Pat_Pilon on 08/08/06
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 01/12/24UPDATE LOG:
04/12/14: Added US release, added UK ASIN.
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30/11/15: Added Hong Kong, Swiss releases.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
01/12/24: Added Japan.
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