Red Beard (1965)
赤ひげ
"What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?"
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 82%
(RT: 75%, MC: 90) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Yūzō Kayama as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sahachi
Reiko Dan as Osugi
Miyuki Kuwano as Onaka
Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Genzô Tsugawa
Terumi Niki as Otoyo
Is Red Beard good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 431 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 82%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
