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Red Beard

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Calorie Rating: 260
Released: 1965-04-03
Running Time: 185 Minutes
Studios: TOHO, Kurosawa Production,


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.

Director / Directors

Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Yōichi Matsue
Assistant Director

Shirō Moritani
Assistant Director
Kenjirô Ohmori
Assistant Director
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor



Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Character: Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Yūzō Kayama
Character: Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Character: Sahachi

Reiko Dan
Character: Osugi
Miyuki Kuwano
Character: Onaka
Kyōko Kagawa
Character: Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Character: Genzô Tsugawa
Terumi Niki
Character: Otoyo
Akemi Negishi
Character: Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi
Character: Chobo
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Character: Dr. Handayû Mori
Eijirō Tōno
Character: Goheiji

Takashi Shimura
Character: Tokubei Izumiya
Chishū Ryū
Character: Mr. Yasumoto
Haruko Sugimura
Character: Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka
Character: Madame Yasumoto
Eijirō Yanagi
Character: Madwoman's father
Kōji Mitsui
Character: Heikichi

Kō Nishimura
Character: Chief retainer
Nobuo Chiba
Character: Matsudaira
Kamatari Fujiwara
Character: Rokusuke

Ken Mitsuda
Character: Genpaku Amano
Yōko Fujiyama
Character: Chigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko Naitō
Character: Masae

Reiko Nanao
Character: Otoku
Imari Tsuji
Character: Okatsu
Akiko Nomura
Character: Ofuku

Sue Mitobe
Character: Otake
Kin Sugai
Character: Choji's Mother
Michiko Araki
Character: Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari
Character: Patient A
Atsushi Watanabe
Character: Patient B
Yasuzō Ogawa
Character: Businessman

Yutaka Sada
Character: Resident
Ikio Sawamura
Character: Resident
Noriko Honma
Character: Resident

Miyoko Nakamura
Character: Okoto
Akiko Kazami
Character: Masae's mother
Chisato Aoki
Character: Prostitute

Kyoko Kurisu
Character: Prostitute
Yukiko Yanagishita
Character: Prostitute
Toshiko Fukai
Character: Prostitute

Keiko Tomita
Character: Girl on street
Shōji Ōki
Character: Thug
Shōichi Hirose
Character: Thug

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Character: Thug
Masanobu Ôkubo
Character: Choji's Father
Fujio Tokita
Character: Thug

Yasuo Araki
Character: Thug
Hiroshi Tanaka
Character: Thug
Shin Ibuki
Character: Thug

Kanzō Uni
Character: Thug
Hiroto Kimura
Character: Thug
Shu Komoro
Character: Thug

Ryū Kuze
Character: Thug
Susumu Ishikawa
Character: (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Yoshiko Samejima
Costume Design

Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Shin Watarai
Sound Recordist

Hiromitsu Mori
Lighting Technician
Reiko Kaneko
Assistant Editor
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Akio Nojima
Property Master

Masato Ide
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor