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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
Fujio Tokita
Thug
Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother
Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
Terumi Niki
Otoyo
Akemi Negishi
Okuni
Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother
Reiko Dan
Osugi
Michiko Araki
Brothel owner
Yutaka Sada
Resident
Akiko Nomura
Ofuku
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
Ikio Sawamura
Resident
Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug
Shōichi Hirose
Thug
Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko Naitō
Masae
Keiko Tomita
Girl on street
Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
Masanobu Ōkubo
Choji's Father
Kanzō Uni
Thug
Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
Reiko Nanao
Otoku
Imari Tsuji
Okatsu
Sue Mitobe
Otake
Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B
Yasuzō Ogawa
Businessman
Noriko Honma
Resident
Miyoko Nakamura
Okoto
Chisato Aoki
Prostitute
Kyoko Kurisu
Prostitute
Yukiko Yanagishita
Prostitute
Toshiko Fukai
Prostitute
Shōji Ōki
Thug
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Thug
Yasuo Araki
Thug
Shin Ibuki
Thug
Hiroto Kimura
Thug
Shu Komoro
Thug
Ryū Kuze
Thug
Susumu Ishikawa
(uncredited)

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