Red Beard

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Edo style. A proud young doctor is assigned to a charity clinic run by a samurai-like physician. The newcomer resists his mentor's methods until he witnesses the doctor's devotion to the poor. A late-career triumph for Kurosawa.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Red Beard in 1965. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Red Beard was released in 1965 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 185 minutes.