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Red Beard
“What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?”
81%
Movie
3h 5m
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Red Beard (1965) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Red Beard (1965) — a movie tagged as Drama with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces … Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~185 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Red Beard 81% (407 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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from 407 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
Quick facts
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1965-03-04
- Runtime
- 3h 5m
- TMDB rating
- 8.1
- TMDB ID
- 3780
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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 docto... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Red Beard?
The official runtime for Red Beard is approximately 185 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi

Reiko Dan
Osugi

Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka

Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa

Terumi Niki
Otoyo

Akemi Negishi
Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori

Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji

Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
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