Red Beard

Synopsis: In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young intern under his guidance through the course of a number of difficult cases.

Genre: Drama

Director(s): Akira Kurosawa

Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan

Production: Criterion Collection

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination.


IMDB:: 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes:: 77%

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Year:: 1965
: 185 min
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A TOHO-KUROSAWA PRODUCTION
RED BEARD:
Executive Producers
TOMOYUKI TANAKA, RYUZO KIKUSHIMA
Original Story by
SHUGORO YAMAMOTO
Photography by
ASAICHI NAKAI and TAKAO SAITO
Starring:
TOSHIRO MIFUNE:
YUZO KAYMA:
TSUTOMU YAMAZAKI
REIKODAN, MIYUKI KUWANO,
KYOKO KAGAWA:
Directed by
AKI RA KUROSAWA:
KOSHIKAWA CLI NIC
I'm Noboru Yasumoto.
Yasumoto?
I know. I'll take him.
I'm Genzo Tsugawa.
I've been waiting for you.
With you here, I can leave.
You're taking my place.
I was just told to call.
You were in Nagasaki?
For how long?
Just over three years.
It's terrible here.
You'll have to stay
and see for yourself.
The patients are slum people,
full of fleas and lice.
They even smell bad.
We don't get much money.
And Red Beard is after us
night and day.
Red Beard?
The head doctor.
His beard is sort of reddish.
It's really terrible here.
Being here makes you wonder
why you wanted to be a doctor.
It smells like rotten fruit.
It's the smell of the poor.
The waiting room for outpatients.
They're treated for free
in the afternoons.
I don't know.
All of them would be
better off dead.
This way.
The pharmacy.
The clinic.
The men's wards.
Over there, the women's wards.
Is there no tatami?
No. Our rooms are all the same.
Same as a prison.
Yes, even our clothes are like this.
It's all right for us men.
But even poor women are women.
They should wear
something brighter.
I'd hate to die in this.
These clothes...
They show dirt.
They're easy to wash.
So, you see,
we can always stay clean.
You smelled
when you came here,
but it's not so bad now.
You owe it all to your clothes.
See?
You shouldn't talk.
Red Beard said so, didn't he?
If you don't mind him,
you'll spit up blood again.
We're better off dead.
Too poor to even buy medicine!
But when I die,
I'd like to die on tatami!
Even the poorest have tatami.
It's bad for us.
You see,
tatami catches
all the dirt and moisture.
That's why...
Sahachi,
if you don't keep quiet,
you'll really die.
Are these things the rule here?
Red Beard's rules.
He's the dictator here.
A good doctor,
dedicated to his work.
Many daimyo and rich people
trust him.
But he's stubborn,
inconsiderate, radical,
and proud.
Beyond here are our quarters.
The south side gets the sun.
That's for the patients.
The damp north side is for us.
The patients' service room.
The kitchen.
We eat here.
It's called the dining room.
We must not eat or drink
in our rooms.
They're all Red Beard's rules.
We are to have no heat
except in the wards.
Red Beard says the cold here
is good for us.
And there's not enough money
to buy coal except for the wards.
Red Beard's room.
I brought Dr. Yasumoto!
Come in.
I'm Noboru Yasumoto.
Red Beard.
My real name's
hard to pronounce...
Kyojo Niide.
You'll start as an intern today.
But l...
Wait. Father only said
to call on you.
You'll stay here.
Bring me all the notes and drawings
you made at Nagasaki.
They are at home.
I'll go back and...
No, your things will be here soon.
That's all.
Show him his room.
I'm Handayu Mori.
It's pretty difficult here.
But if you want,
you can learn a lot.
Useful in the future.
Let's work together.
I won't be cooped up here!
I studied to serve the shogunate!
I was to be the shogun's doctor!
And it's...
Please listen!
My father's a doctor.
Dr. Amano's his friend.
He's the shogun's personal doctor?
Yes, he helped me
to go study in Nagasaki.
He said he'd recommend me.
Then why did this happen?
I don't know.
I just don't understand.
It's...
A mix-up somewhere.
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