Red Beard
MovieTitle | 赤ひげ |
User score | 8.1 |
Release date | Apr 3, 1965 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | TOHO, Kurosawa Production |
Run time | 185 min. |
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.