Red Beard
What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $1M
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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 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.
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Box Office & Release
Red Beard returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $650,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Mar 4, 1965
- Runtime
- 3h 5m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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