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. 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.

8.134

185 min

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Yūzō Kayama

as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Sahachi

Reiko Dan

as Osugi

Miyuki Kuwano

as Onaka

Kyōko Kagawa

as Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Genzô Tsugawa

Terumi Niki

as Otoyo

Akemi Negishi

as Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi

as Chobo

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Dr. Handayû Mori

Eijirō Tōno

as Goheiji

Takashi Shimura

as Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū

as Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura

as Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi

as Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui

as Heikichi

Kō Nishimura

as Chief retainer

Nobuo Chiba

as Matsudaira

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Rokusuke

Ken Mitsuda

as Genpaku Amano

Yōko Fujiyama

as Chigusa, Masae's sister

Yōko Naitō

as Masae

Reiko Nanao

as Otoku

Imari Tsuji

as Okatsu

Akiko Nomura

as Ofuku

Sue Mitobe

as Otake

Kin Sugai

as Choji's Mother

Michiko Araki

as Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari

as Patient A

Atsushi Watanabe

as Patient B

Yasuzō Ogawa

as Businessman

Yutaka Sada

as Resident

Ikio Sawamura

as Resident

Noriko Honma

as Resident

Miyoko Nakamura

as Okoto

Akiko Kazami

as Masae's mother

Chisato Aoki

as Prostitute

Kyoko Kurisu

as Prostitute

Yukiko Yanagishita

as Prostitute

Toshiko Fukai

as Prostitute

Keiko Tomita

as Girl on street

Shōji Ōki

as Thug

Shōichi Hirose

as Thug

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

as Thug

Masanobu Ōkubo

as Choji's Father

Fujio Tokita

as Thug

Yasuo Araki

as Thug

Hiroshi Tanaka

as Thug

Shin Ibuki

as Thug

Kanzō Uni

as Thug

Hiroto Kimura

as Thug

Shu Komoro

as Thug

Ryū Kuze

as Thug

Susumu Ishikawa

as (uncredited)

Director

Akira Kurosawa