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A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry HokkaidÅ and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kamedaâs saintly compassion exposes everyoneâs wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevskyâs novel.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducersTakashi Koide
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita
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LanguageJapanese
Production companiesShochiku
