Red Beard details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama |
| Director: | Akira Kurosawa |
| Genres: | Drama, World Cinema - Japanese |
| Studio: | BFI VIDEO |
| Original title | Akahige |
| Name | Discs | |
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Red Beard |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 52 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 06 Oct 2003 |
| Main languages: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English |
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classic storytelling
By Saty from Reading , 19 May 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
A story of a young doctor realizing that there is more to life than position and money. Very melodramatic in parts in but laced with warmth and humour. Exceptional acting all round with long takes that todays films daren't do as it would show up the lack of talent of the 'stars'. Much better than the US remake Doc Hollywood : )- Was this review helpful to you?
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(28)Waking kindness
By a customer from England , 10 Feb 2011It's a great film, with an important message. It is full of heartbreaking stories, though. I cried numerous times. If you can take it - go for it. I also laughed heartily once. Red Beard could be said to be one of the predecessors of House MD.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Extremely good
By DrGrumpy (17 reviews) from London , 07 Jan 2011I'll take this over Hollywood's dial-a-sequel rubbish anyday. Long and slow, but very compelling story-telling and acting. The last work of Mifune and Kurosawa is well-worth their breakup.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Uplifting and absorbing
By scrope (9 reviews) from Darlington , 17 Dec 2010What a wonderful film! Kurosawa uses the life histories of his main characters to reveal essential truths about humanity and the endless desire to improve unencumbered by stifling societal regimentation. The stories themselves are simple, but the message is timeless, and all of this beautifully acted and filmed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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One of Kurosawa's Lyric Pieces
By Perdurabo (59 reviews) from LONDON , 07 Nov 2010I totally love Red Beard. I first saw it years ago and have never forgotten it. A profoundly moving but simple morality tale told in a slow almost plodding pace that accentuates rather than detracts from the films quality. Kurosawa deservedly has legendary status as a film director but I am less engaged by his stirring samurai stories (Rashomon, Yojimbo) than by his lyrical tales when goddness triumphs against all odds (Ikiru and this film). This is the film for those who don't mind a degree of emotional upheaval as part of their viewing experience. I blubbed like a child watching Ikiru and this film nearly had the same effect. Perhaps a mere one-handkerchief weepie but you will not be the same having seen it! Worth every second of it's three-hour length.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Slow but still good
By brokenking (255 reviews) from Bristol , 18 Aug 2010I had brief glance at the critics comments on Red Beard, before I started writing this review and I'm guessing that they enjoyed it a lot more than I did. Of all the Kurosawa films I've seen this is probably the hardest to enjoy, simply because it is a slower paced film about a young doctor learning the value his profession. Starting out as a petulant gradutate, bitter about his assigned clinic, the new doctor grows into a man valued in the community. All the while guided by the always great Toshiro Mifune.
It may not be action packed like the samurai films (though there is a bit of that), there is still the well executed characters that you can expect from Akira Kurosawa.- Was this review helpful to you?
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