Red Beard
What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Produced by TOHO, Kurosawa Production
A humanistic period drama about a young doctor's moral education through his mentor's compassionate approach to healing the marginalized and suffering.
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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