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Red Beard

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Original title

Akahige

Year

1965

Running time

178 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Screenwriter

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Masato Ide. Novel: Shugoro Yamamoto

Cast

Music

Masaru Satô

Cinematography

Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saito (B&W)

Producer

Toho, Kurosawa Production Co.

Genre

Drama | Medical. 19th Century

Synopsis

In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the arrogant and proud just-graduated Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) is forced to work in the Koshikawa Clinic, a non-profit health facility ruled by Dr. Kyojio Niide (Toshirô Mifune), a.k.a. "Red Beard". "Red Beard" is a good, sentimental, but also very firm, strong and fair man. While in the clinic, Dr. Yasumoto becomes responsible for healing the hurt teenager Otoyo (Terumi Niki), and he learns a lesson of humanity, becoming a better man.

Rankings Position

#4 Best Japanese Movies of all time
#7 Best Movies of the '60s
#26 Best Drama Movies
#34 Best Movies in the history of film

Awards: 1967: Valladolid: Golden Spike

1965: Golden Globes: Nominated to Best Foreign-Language Film

1965: Venice Film Festival: OCIC Award. Copa Volpi (Mifune)

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19 My Favorite Japanese Movies (76)
65 My Favorite Asian Movies (69)

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