The Idiot (1951)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Toshio Ubukata
166 min65 frames
DramaRomance
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What is The Idiot about?
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.
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What does the cinematography of The Idiot look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, The Idiot builds its coverage from medium shots (61% of the sample), with close-ups (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Toshio Ubukata keeps 70% of it in soft, low-key light. 70% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Idiot?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Idiot (1951) are #4c4c4c, #2e2e2e, #070707, #6d6d6d, #8f8f8f, #cccccc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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