In 1820, young Noboru Yasumoto completes his medical education in Nagasaki and returns to his native Edo hoping both to marry the daughter of a wealthy man and to achieve affluence himself through his medical practice. He happens to visit the famed Koishikawa clinic for the indigent, which is run by the autocratic Dr. Kyojo Niide, better known as Red Beard. To his intense displeasure, he soon finds himself assigned to the clinic for his internship.
An epic exercise in both humanism and existentialism, Red Beard became one of director Akira Kurosawa's deepest and most emotional films ever, yet it's often overlooked when compared to other Kurosawa classics such as Seven Samurai (1954). It also was the last collaboration between Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune, who starred in 16 of his movies. So this powerful film serves as the duos last bang and as an ending comment, I recommend watching as much as you can of Akira Kurosawa's films.
Genre: Drama
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