Red Beard
赤ひげ
Release: 1965-04-03
·Runtime: 185m
·★ 8.1
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Kurosawa Production
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Yūzō Kayama
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Sahachi
Eijirō Tōno
as Goheiji
Eijirō Yanagi
as Madwoman's father
Nobuo Chiba
as Matsudaira
Noriko Honma
as Resident
Kyōko Kagawa
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Terumi Niki
as Otoyo
Takashi Shimura
as Tokubei Izumiya
Atsushi Watanabe
as Patient B
Chishū Ryū
as Mr. Yasumoto
Yōko Naitō
as Masae
Shōichi Hirose
as Thug
Hiroshi Tanaka
as Thug
Reiko Dan
as Osugi
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Genzô Tsugawa
Akemi Negishi
as Okuni
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Madame Yasumoto
Kōji Mitsui
as Heikichi
Akiko Nomura
as Ofuku
Akiko Kazami
as Masae's mother
Michiko Araki
as Brothel owner
Bokuzen Hidari
as Patient A
Fujio Tokita
as Thug
Kanzō Uni
as Thug
Toshirō Mifune
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Kō Nishimura
as Chief retainer
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Rokusuke
Kin Sugai
as Choji's Mother
Masanobu Ōkubo
as Choji's Father
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Chobo
Haruko Sugimura
as Kin, the madam
Yōko Fujiyama
as Chigusa, Masae's sister
Ikio Sawamura
as Resident
Keiko Tomita
as Girl on street
Miyuki Kuwano
as Onaka
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Dr. Handayû Mori
Yutaka Sada
as Resident
Crew
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer, Screenplay
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography