Red Beard

A young intern at a clinic learns life lessons from a man who believes in personal sacrifice for the common good. Kurosawa/Mifune classic.

"During the two-year production of this film – filming took longer than any Japanese film up to that time, including Seven Samurai – Kurosawa announced that he "wanted to push the confines of movie-making to their limits." How he attempts this makes Red Beard one of his most challenging films. It's the story of a young man (Yûzô Kayama) who becomes intern to the veteran doctor known as Red Beard (Toshirô Mifune) who runs a public clinic. It's the doctor’s view that personal sacrifice for the common good is what makes a man's life worthwhile; that only by complete dedication to the poor and needy can a doctor find fulfilment." (David Stratton, Sydney Film Festival)

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