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Synopsis

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

Year1965
CountryJapan
Cinematic Threads
Scorsese: 'A masterful, epic work and one of the most generous pictures ever made — it reminds you of all the ways that cinema can be a truly noble art form. You see the influence of John Ford here, and the lessons Kurosawa learned from Renoir in *The Lower Depths*.'
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