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Overview
Release Date:
19 December 1968 (USA) morePlot:
In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young intern under... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
The end of an era moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Dr. Kyojio Niide, 'Akahige' ['Red Beard'] | |
| Yuzo Kayama | ... | Dr. Noboru Yasumoto | |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Sahachi | |
| Reiko Dan | ... | Osugi | |
| Miyuki Kuwano | ... | Onaka | |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Madwoman | |
| Tatsuyoshi Ehara | ... | Genzo Tsugawa (as Tatsuya Ebara) | |
| Terumi Niki | ... | Otoyo | |
| Akemi Negishi | ... | Okuni, the mistress | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Dr. Handayu Mori | |
| Eijirô Tono | ... | Goheiji | |
| Chishu Ryu | ... | Mr. Yasumoto | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Tokubei Izumiya | |
| Haruko Sugimura | ... | Kin, the madam | |
| Kinuyo Tanaka | ... | Madame Yasumoto, Noboru's mother |
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185 minCountry:
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JapaneseColor:
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Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (re-rating) (2002) | UK:X (original rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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Principal photography took two years. moreQuotes:
Genzo Tsugawa: We knew you were coming two weeks ago. It seems he likes you. He's unfriendly to people he likes. Not me. He never finds fault with me. He ignores me completely. moreFAQ
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Red Beard marked the end of an era for Kurosawa. It was the last of his period costume dramas (excluding Ran and Kagemusha, though these were more of a glorious revisit to his 'old' style anyhow), the last film he shot in black and white, and the last film he ever made with Toshiru Mifune, thus ending what is, to me at least, the finest director-actor pairing in the history of cinema. Perhaps it is for these reasons that I look on this film with so much fondness, and it remains one of my favourite Kurosawa films (alongside Ran and Rashomon). That aside, it is also filled with warmth and sincerity, but then that's to be expected from the man I consider to be the greatest director of all time. Highly recommended.