Red Beard (1965)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 185 min · Drama
59.4 TOPICAL score · #1,315 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Red Beard (1965, directed by Akira Kurosawa) has a TOPICAL score of 59.4 - ranked 1,315 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 75% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 90. Audiences: TMDB 8.2/10 (431 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10. Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics75% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 90
- AudienceTMDB 8.2/10 (431 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read10,263 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Toshirō Mifune (actor #16), Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan