Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
- Released
- 1965-03-04
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 185 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 from 433 votes
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
- Yūzō Kayama as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sahachi
- Reiko Dan as Osugi
- Miyuki Kuwano as Onaka
- Kyōko Kagawa as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Genzô Tsugawa
- Terumi Niki as Otoyo
- Akemi Negishi as Okuni
- Yoshitaka Zushi as Chobo
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Dr. Handayû Mori
- Eijirō Tōno as Goheiji