Red Beard (1965) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Red Beard (1965) |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Screenplay Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, Masato Ide |
| Based on Novel by | Shūgorō Yamamoto (Akahige Shinryōtan) |
| Lead Actors | Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama |
| Cast | Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Chōko Iida, Seiji Miyaguchi |
| Genre | Drama |
| Release Date | April 3, 1965 (Japan) |
| Duration | 3h 5m (185 minutes) |
| Budget | Not widely reported (One of Japan’s most expensive films at the time) |
| Language | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | Limited international data available |
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Summary
Kurosawa’s last collaboration with Mifune, Red Beard is one of the fastest moving three hour movies I’ve ever seen (considering it’s a black and white foreign film, that’s saying something) thanks to episodic storytelling and one of my favorite performances that Mifune’s ever put to film. There’s only one slide into maudlin hysterics near the very end and it’s so unexpected that I caught the lump in my throat barely in time to stifle a bit of not very manly crying.
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