Red Beard

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Not Rated
1965    3h 5mDrama
8.373%94%
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

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Cast of Red Beard

  • 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 TōnoGoheiji
  • Takashi ShimuraTokubei Izumiya
  • Chishū RyūMr. Yasumoto
  • Haruko SugimuraKin, the madam
  • Kinuyo TanakaMadame Yasumoto
  • Eijirō YanagiMadwoman's father
  • Kōji MitsuiHeikichi
  • Kō NishimuraChief retainer
  • Nobuo ChibaMatsudaira
  • Kamatari FujiwaraRokusuke
  • Ken MitsudaGenpaku Amano
  • Yōko FujiyamaChigusa, Masae's sister
  • Yōko NaitōMasae
  • Reiko NanaoOtoku
  • Imari TsujiOkatsu
  • Akiko NomuraOfuku
  • Sue MitobeOtake
  • Kin SugaiChoji's Mother
  • Michiko ArakiBrothel owner
  • Bokuzen HidariPatient A
  • Atsushi WatanabePatient B
  • Yasuzō OgawaBusinessman
  • Yutaka SadaResident
  • Ikio SawamuraResident
  • Noriko HonmaResident
  • Miyoko NakamuraOkoto
  • Akiko KazamiMasae's mother
  • Chisato AokiProstitute
  • Kyoko KurisuProstitute
  • Yukiko YanagishitaProstitute
  • Toshiko FukaiProstitute
  • Keiko TomitaGirl on street
  • Shōji ŌkiThug
  • Shōichi HiroseThug
  • Hiroyoshi YamaguchiThug
  • Masanobu ŌkuboChoji's Father
  • Fujio TokitaThug
  • Yasuo ArakiThug
  • Hiroshi TanakaThug
  • Shin IbukiThug
  • Kanzō UniThug
  • Hiroto KimuraThug
  • Shu KomoroThug
  • Ryū KuzeThug
  • Susumu Ishikawa(uncredited)
  • Akira KurosawaDirector / Writer
  • Shūgorō YamamotoWriter
  • Hideo OguniWriter
  • Masato IdeWriter
  • Ryuzo KikushimaWriter / Producer
  • Tomoyuki TanakaProducer

Red Beard Ratings & Reviews

  • MechaJayZillaSeptember 23, 2025
    The final collaboration between Mifune and Kurosawa, and Kurosawa's final black and white film. It is Kurosawa exploring both humanism and existentialism, two common themes at the center of many films throughout his career. And he put on a masterful show of his mastery of light and framing. It's highly underrated, as far as I'm concerned.

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