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