Red Beard
What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
8.2(416) 1965-03-04 185 minDrama
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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
ProducerRyuzo Kikushima
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
ScreenplayMasato Ide
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
Cast & characters
Toshirō Mifune
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Yūzō Kayama
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Sahachi
Reiko Dan
as Osugi
Miyuki Kuwano
as Onaka
Kyōko Kagawa
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Genzô Tsugawa
Terumi Niki
as Otoyo
Akemi Negishi
as Okuni
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Chobo
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Dr. Handayû Mori
Eijirō Tōno
as Goheiji
Takashi Shimura
as Tokubei Izumiya
Chishū Ryū
as Mr. Yasumoto
Haruko Sugimura
as Kin, the madam
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Madame Yasumoto
Eijirō Yanagi
as Madwoman's father
Kōji Mitsui
as Heikichi
Kō Nishimura
as Chief retainer
Nobuo Chiba
as Matsudaira
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Rokusuke
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Ken Mitsuda
as Genpaku Amano
Yōko Fujiyama
as Chigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko Naitō
as Masae
