Red Beard backdrop

Red Beard 1965 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 赤ひげ

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Companies TOHO , Kurosawa Production
Release Date 3 April 1965
185 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Yūzō Kayama Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Reiko Dan Osugi
Kyōko Kagawa Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Tatsuyoshi Ehara Genzô Tsugawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya Dr. Handayû Mori
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
Ken Mitsuda Genpaku Amano
Yōko Fujiyama Chigusa, Masae's sister
Imari Tsuji Okatsu
Kin Sugai Choji's Mother
Michiko Araki Brothel owner
Bokuzen Hidari Patient A
Yasuzō Ogawa Businessman
Yutaka Sada Resident
Ikio Sawamura Resident
Noriko Honma Resident
Akiko Kazami Masae's mother
Chisato Aoki Prostitute
Kyoko Kurisu Prostitute
Toshiko Fukai Prostitute
Keiko Tomita Girl on street
Masanobu Ōkubo Choji's Father
Susumu Ishikawa (uncredited)