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Red Beard (1965)

赤ひげ

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

1965-03-04 · Drama · 185 min

★ 8.2 (435 votes)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Toshirō Mifune Toshirō Mifune Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
  • Yūzō Kayama Yūzō Kayama Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki Tsutomu Yamazaki Sahachi
  • Reiko Dan Reiko Dan Osugi
  • Miyuki Kuwano Miyuki Kuwano Onaka
  • Kyōko Kagawa Kyōko Kagawa Madwoman ("The Mantis")
  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara Tatsuyoshi Ehara Genzô Tsugawa
  • Terumi Niki Terumi Niki Otoyo
  • Akemi Negishi Akemi Negishi Okuni
  • Yoshitaka Zushi Yoshitaka Zushi Chobo
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya Yoshio Tsuchiya Dr. Handayû Mori
  • Eijirō Tōno Eijirō Tōno Goheiji
  • Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Tokubei Izumiya
  • Chishū Ryū Chishū Ryū Mr. Yasumoto
  • Haruko Sugimura Haruko Sugimura Kin, the madam
  • Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka Madame Yasumoto
  • Eijirō Yanagi Eijirō Yanagi Madwoman's father
  • Kōji Mitsui Kōji Mitsui Heikichi
  • Kō Nishimura Kō Nishimura Chief retainer
  • Nobuo Chiba Nobuo Chiba Matsudaira

Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Novel
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima

Details

Budget
$650,000
Revenue
$1,110,000
IMDb
tt0058888
TMDB
3780

Keywords

  • brothel
  • career
  • clinic
  • doctor
  • edo period
  • heal
  • intern
  • japan
  • jidaigeki
  • lunatic asylum
  • psychiatrist
  • rural area
  • small town
  • uniform

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