
185 minutes
3/4/1965
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.

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

Yūzō Kayama
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Sahachi

Reiko Dan
as Osugi

Miyuki Kuwano
as Onaka

Kyōko Kagawa
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Genzô Tsugawa

Terumi Niki
as Otoyo

Akemi Negishi
as Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi
as Chobo

Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Dr. Handayû Mori

Eijirō Tōno
as Goheiji

Takashi Shimura
as Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū
as Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura
as Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka
as Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi
as Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui
as Heikichi

Kō Nishimura
as Chief retainer

Nobuo Chiba
as Matsudaira

Kamatari Fujiwara
as Rokusuke
Ken Mitsuda
as Genpaku Amano

Yōko Fujiyama
as Chigusa, Masae's sister

Yōko Naitō
as Masae
Reiko Nanao
as Otoku
Imari Tsuji
as Okatsu

Akiko Nomura
as Ofuku
Sue Mitobe
as Otake

Kin Sugai
as Choji's Mother

Michiko Araki
as Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari
as Patient A

Atsushi Watanabe
as Patient B
Yasuzō Ogawa
as Businessman

Yutaka Sada
as Resident

Ikio Sawamura
as Resident

Noriko Honma
as Resident
Miyoko Nakamura
as Okoto

Akiko Kazami
as Masae's mother
Chisato Aoki
as Prostitute
Kyoko Kurisu
as Prostitute
Yukiko Yanagishita
as Prostitute
Toshiko Fukai
as Prostitute

Keiko Tomita
as Girl on street
Shōji Ōki
as Thug

Shōichi Hirose
as Thug
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
as Thug

Masanobu Ōkubo
as Choji's Father

Fujio Tokita
as Thug
Yasuo Araki
as Thug

Hiroshi Tanaka
as Thug
Shin Ibuki
as Thug

Kanzō Uni
as Thug
Hiroto Kimura
as Thug
Shu Komoro
as Thug
Ryū Kuze
as Thug
Susumu Ishikawa
as (uncredited)