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Red Beard

Red Beard

Akira Kurosawa, 1965

Picked by 2 guests

Drama

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Written by Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa

Cinematography Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō

Edited by Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Terumi Niki

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Alexander Payne

“Red Beard incredible. I went for years my favorite Kurosawa was of course Seven Samurai but the one that sticks with me more as I age is Red Beard.”

Alexander Payne
Koji Yakusho

“[Translated] This is Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard. It's a long film, over three hours, but it's truly a beautiful film. It's a wonderful story about a doctor who helps the poor, and a young doctor who admires him and grows as a doctor. It's a wonderful film.”

Koji Yakusho