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Red Beard (1965)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
“What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?”
Drama · 3h 05m
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
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
Crew
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, Ryuzo Kikushima
- Novel
- Shūgorō Yamamoto
- Director of Photography
- Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Details
- Original title
- 赤ひげ
- Release date
- 1965-03-04
- Runtime
- 3h 05m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
- Budget
- $650,000
- Box office
- $1,110,000