Red Beard

About Red Beard

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.

Red Beard is a 1965 drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Released in March 1965, it runs 185 minutes.

Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard"), Yūzō Kayama as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sahachi, and Reiko Dan as Osugi. Written by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni.

Members will find rural area, psychiatrist, brothel, and jidaigeki in it. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Yojimbo, 13 Assassins, and Harakiri make useful companions to Red Beard, all filed under edo period and japan. It scores 8.2 out of 10 from 434 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.