Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post a...
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.
Eijirō Tōno
Chishū Ryū
Kō Nishimura
Toshirō Mifune
Kyōko Kagawa
Akemi Negishi
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Reiko Dan
Genres: 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.
Cast
Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Akemi Negishi
Okuni
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
Reiko Dan
Osugi
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
Terumi Niki
Otoyo
Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko Naitō
Masae
Akira Kurosawa
Director