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.
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Taeko Nasu
Masayuki Mori
Kinji Kameda
Toshirō Mifune
Denkichi Akama
Yoshiko Kuga
Ayako
Takashi Shimura
Ono, Ayako's father
Chieko Higashiyama
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Tohata
Minoru Chiaki
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Noriko Sengoku
Takako
Kokuten Kōdō
Junpei
Bokuzen Hidari
Karube
Eiko Miyoshi
Madame Kayama
Chiyoko Fumiya
Noriko
Mitsuyo Akashi
Madame Akama
Daisuke Inoue
Kaoru
Fumio Tooyama
Unknown
Jun Yokoyama
Unknown
Atsumi Nakama
Unknown
Kunio Teshirogi
Unknown
Shoichi Kofujita
Unknown
Yoichi Osugi
Unknown
Keiko Izumi
Unknown
Haruko Chichibu
Unknown
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Toshio Ubukata
Director of Photography
Takashi Koide
Producer
Yoshie Taguchi
Costume Design
Yoshisaburo Seno
Sound Recordist
Akio Tamura
Lighting Technician
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Ushitarô Shimada
Set Decoration
Takashi Matsuyama
Art Direction
