The Idiots
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10 years ago Hide, a college student, meets Yuki Gakuko, an older woman, through work. They become lovers with Hide falling hard for Yuki Gakuko. The following year, Yuki abruptly announces one day that she is going to marry another man. This devastates Hide. Hide eventually finishes college and finds a job, but his yearning for Yuki leads him into depression and alcoholism. Meanwhile, Yuki is involved in a car accident and suffers a life altering injury. Now, 10 years later the two former lovers come across each other once again. They are both shells of their former selves ...
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Cast
10 people
Hiroki Narimiya
Hide
Known for
Azumi
Ace Attorney
Yuki Uchida
Gakuko
Known for
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Miho Shiraishi
Shoko
Known for
L♡DK
Swing Girls
Yuri Nakamura
山根ユキ（Yuki Yamane）
Known for
Like Father, Like Son
Ju-On: Black Ghost
Reina Asami
Hide's older sister
Also in
Hotaru no Hikari: It's Only a Little Light in My Life
Tree of Heaven
Natsuki Okamoto
Megumi
Known for
Nana
Miyoko Asada
Hide's mom
Known for
The Hours of My Life
Sweet Bean
Takashi Kobayashi
Hide's dad
Known for
Wolf Children
Summer Wars
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Kato
Known for
Ip Man
Alice in Borderland
Yuko Kotegawa
Gakuko's mom
Known for
Origin: Spirits of the Past
The Makioka Sisters
Shusuke Kaneko Director · Miyuki Takahashi Writer Akiko Itoyama Author
Budget $2.5M · First release December 18, 2010 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Budget
$2,500,000
Production
Booster Project
Production
TFC
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
ばかもの
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 18, 2010
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No release date listed for United States.
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