Summary
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+6)
Critics 82Audiences 88GoodWatch 84
Metascore90
Tomatometer73%
Audience score94%
Letterboxd · 39 K ratings4.4/5
User score8.6
IMDb8.3
Box office
1.7×its budget
- Budget
- $650 K
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it earned $460 K more than it cost.
Running time
3 h 5 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +76 min on the typical 109
typical 109185Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
1965
March 4, 1965
61 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
- RUnited States
Yes: it's rated R in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
24 of 56
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- KMKen MitsudaGenpaku Amano
Yōko FujiyamaChigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko NaitōMasae
Directing · 6
- Akira Kurosawa Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Shirō Moritani Assistant Director
- Yōichi Matsue Assistant Director
- Teruyo Nogami Script Supervisor
- Masanobu Deme Assistant Director
- Kenjirô Ohmori Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Hideo Oguni Screenplay
- Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay, Producer
- Masato Ide Screenplay
- Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel
Production · 1
- Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Camera · 2
- Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
- Takao Saitō Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Reiko Kaneko Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
- Hisashi Shimonaga Sound mixer
- Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
Art · 1
- Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Yoshiko Samejima Costume Design
Lighting · 1
- Hiromitsu Mori Lighting Technician
Other crew · 2
- Shin Watarai Sound Recordist
- Akio Nojima Property Master
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