Red Beard

Red Beard (1965)

What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?

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.

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  • Release Date: 1965-04-03
  • Runtime: 3h 5min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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  • Trailer

    Cast

    • Toshirō Mifune

      Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

    • Yūzō Kayama

      Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki

      Sahachi

    • Reiko Dan

      Osugi

    • Miyuki Kuwano

      Onaka

    • Kyōko Kagawa

      Madwoman ("The Mantis")

    • Tatsuyoshi Ehara

      Genzô Tsugawa

    • Terumi Niki

      Otoyo

    • Akemi Negishi

      Okuni

    • Yoshitaka Zushi

      Chobo

    • Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Dr. Handayû Mori

    • Eijirō Tōno

      Goheiji

    • Takashi Shimura

      Tokubei Izumiya

    • Chishū Ryū

      Mr. Yasumoto

    • Haruko Sugimura

      Kin, the madam

    • Kinuyo Tanaka

      Madame Yasumoto

    • Eijirō Yanagi

      Madwoman's father

    • Kōji Mitsui

      Heikichi

    • Kō Nishimura

      Chief retainer

    • Nobuo Chiba

      Matsudaira

    • Kamatari Fujiwara

      Rokusuke

    • Ken Mitsuda

      Genpaku Amano

    • Yōko Fujiyama

      Chigusa, Masae's sister

    • Yōko Naitō

      Masae

    • Reiko Nanao

      Otoku

    • Imari Tsuji

      Okatsu

    • Akiko Nomura

      Ofuku

    • Sue Mitobe

      Otake

    • Kin Sugai

      Choji's Mother

    • Michiko Araki

      Brothel owner

    • Bokuzen Hidari

      Patient A

    • Atsushi Watanabe

      Patient B

    • Yasuzō Ogawa

      Businessman

    • Yutaka Sada

      Resident

    • Ikio Sawamura

      Resident

    • Noriko Honma

      Resident

    • Miyoko Nakamura

      Okoto

    • Akiko Kazami

      Masae's mother

    • Chisato Aoki

      Prostitute

    • Kyoko Kurisu

      Prostitute

    • Yukiko Yanagishita

      Prostitute

    • Toshiko Fukai

      Prostitute

    • Keiko Tomita

      Girl on street

    • Shōji Ōki

      Thug

    • Shōichi Hirose

      Thug

    • Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

      Thug

    • Masanobu Ōkubo

      Choji's Father

    • Fujio Tokita

      Thug

    • Yasuo Araki

      Thug

    • Hiroshi Tanaka

      Thug

    • Shin Ibuki

      Thug

    • Kanzō Uni

      Thug

    • Hiroto Kimura

      Thug

    • Shu Komoro

      Thug

    • Ryū Kuze

      Thug

    • Susumu Ishikawa

      (uncredited)

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