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    The Idiot (1951) and The Lower Depths (1957)

    Presented by Stanford Theatre at Stanford Theatre

    March 24-March 26, 2010

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    The Idiot (1951) and The Lower Depths (1957)
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    This double feature is part of Stanford Theatre's Akira Kurosawa Film Festival. In The Idiot, Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by a man named Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues. In The Lower Depths, a collection of...

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    This double feature is part of Stanford Theatre's Akira Kurosawa Film Festival. In The Idiot, Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by a man named Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues. In The Lower Depths, a collection of beggars and thieves bewail their life in a slum flophouse, and Osugi, the landlady, fights with her sister, Okayo, over the man they both desire, the thief Sutekichi.


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    Stanford Theatre

    221 University Avenue
    Palo Alto, CA 94301

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    Tickets:
    $5-$7

    Times:
    Idiot: 7:30pm
    Lower: 5:15pm, 10:30pm

    Phone: 650-324-3700

    Parking:

    Street parking is available but hard to come by. There are two large public parking structures within two blocks of the theatre. One is on Bryant Street, in the first block north of University Avenue. The other is on High Street, in the first block south of University Avenue.


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