RED BEARD
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[AKAHIGE] [赤ひげ]
This tale of a callow young doctor’s education revisits social issues of Akira Kurosawa’s earlier films from the vantage point and benefit of a life and directorial career enriched by some 20 years. Early 19th-century Japan: recent medical school grad Noboru Yasumoto (Yūzō Kayama) is unhappy to be sent to a provincial public clinic for his practical training instead of being given a cushy personal physician gig. When he meets hardcase head doctor Kyojō Niide, a.k.a. “Red Beard” (Toshiro Mifune, in his last role for Kurosawa), whose personal code of honor borders on the samurai’s bushidō, he thinks his luck has turned even worse. But what follows turns out to be the best medical — and moral — education a young doctor could receive. DIR/SCR Akira Kurosawa; SCR Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, from the novel “Akahige Shinryōtan” by Shūgorō Yamamoto; PROD Ryūzō Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka Japan, 1965, b&w, 185 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 185 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, October 17, 2025
Genre: Drama
