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Red Beard(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-04-03
81%
352 Votes
Time: 3h 5m
What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Kurosawa Production
Movie: Red Beard
Top 10 Billed Cast
三船敏郎
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
加山雄三
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
山崎努
Sahachi
団令子
Osugi
桑野みゆき
Onaka
香川京子
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
江原達怡
Genzô Tsugawa
二木てるみ
Otoyo
根岸明美
Okuni
頭師佳孝
Chobo
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