Red Beard (1965)
Original title: 赤ひげ
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What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
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.
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Toshirō MifuneDr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Yūzō KayamaDr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu YamazakiSahachi
Reiko DanOsugi
Miyuki KuwanoOnaka
Kyōko KagawaMadwoman ("The Mantis")
Tatsuyoshi EharaGenzô Tsugawa
Terumi NikiOtoyo
Akemi NegishiOkuni
Yoshitaka ZushiChobo
Yoshio TsuchiyaDr. Handayû Mori
Eijirō TōnoGoheijiKeywords
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What is Red Beard about?
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.
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Red Beard has a runtime of 185 minutes.
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