
Plot
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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Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi

Reiko Dan
Osugi

Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka

Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa

Terumi Niki
Otoyo

Akemi Negishi
Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori

Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji

Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi

Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer

Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira

Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke

Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano

Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister

Yōko Naitō
Masae

Reiko Nanao
Otoku

Imari Tsuji
Okatsu

Akiko Nomura
Ofuku

Sue Mitobe
Otake

Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother

Michiko Araki
Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A

Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B

Yasuzō Ogawa
Businessman

Yutaka Sada
Resident

Ikio Sawamura
Resident

Noriko Honma
Resident

Miyoko Nakamura
Okoto

Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother

Chisato Aoki
Prostitute

Kyoko Kurisu
Prostitute

Yukiko Yanagishita
Prostitute

Toshiko Fukai
Prostitute

Keiko Tomita
Girl on street

Shōji Ōki
Thug

Shōichi Hirose
Thug

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Thug

Masanobu Ōkubo
Choji's Father

Fujio Tokita
Thug

Yasuo Araki
Thug

Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug

Shin Ibuki
Thug

Kanzō Uni
Thug

Hiroto Kimura
Thug

Shu Komoro
Thug

Ryū Kuze
Thug

Susumu Ishikawa
(uncredited)