Hakuchi /

白痴

Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an anarchist.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Koide, Takashi, Motoki, Sojiro, Hisaita, Eijirō, 1898-1976, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015, Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, Kuga, Yoshiko, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Series:	Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Postwar Kurosawa. Eclipse series ; 7.
Subjects:	Love stories > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Hokkaido (Japan) > Drama. Christianity > Drama. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese.