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Screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide, Ryūzō Kikushima, Hideo Oguni
Director Akira Kurosawa

Red Beard

Drama1965

Original Title: 赤ひげ

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

Release Date: 1965-04-03

Duration: 185 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Eijirō Tōno
    Goheiji
  • Kyōko Kagawa
    Madwoman ("The Mantis")
  • Chishū Ryū
    Mr. Yasumoto
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Sahachi
  • Terumi Niki
    Otoyo
  • Kō Nishimura
    Chief retainer
  • Eijirō Yanagi
    Madwoman's father
  • Fujio Tokita
    Thug
  • Kin Sugai
    Choji's Mother
  • Miyuki Kuwano
    Onaka

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