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
Akemi Negishi
Okuni
Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
Masanobu Ōkubo
Choji's Father
Yōko Naitō
Masae
Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
Michiko Araki
Brothel owner
Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
Reiko Dan
Osugi
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B
Yutaka Sada
Resident
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug
Fujio Tokita
Thug
Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother
Akiko Nomura
Ofuku
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
Ikio Sawamura
Resident
Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
Terumi Niki
Otoyo
Shōichi Hirose
Thug
Keiko Tomita
Girl on street
Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A
Kanzō Uni
Thug
Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
Reiko Nanao
Otoku
Imari Tsuji
Okatsu
Sue Mitobe
Otake
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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