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Red Beard

1965 · 185 min

A slow, deeply humane immersion into suffering and compassion that rewards patience with quiet emotional force.

Tagline: What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
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.

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: healing
class
politics
parenthood
redemption
Places: small town
countryside
hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Written by: Ryuzo Kikushima, Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Terumi Niki
Music: Masaru Satō
Cinematography: Takao Saitō, Asakazu Nakai
Runtime: 185 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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