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.
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
as Sahachi
as Osugi
as Onaka
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
as Genzô Tsugawa
as Otoyo
as Okuni
as Chobo
as Dr. Handayû Mori
as Goheiji
as Tokubei Izumiya
as Mr. Yasumoto
as Kin, the madam
as Madame Yasumoto
as Madwoman's father
as Heikichi
as Chief retainer
as Matsudaira
as Rokusuke
as Genpaku Amano
as Chigusa, Masae's sister
as Masae
as Otoku
as Okatsu
as Ofuku
as Otake
as Choji's Mother
as Brothel owner
as Patient A
as Patient B
as Businessman
as Resident
as Resident
as Resident
as Okoto
as Masae's mother
as Prostitute
as Prostitute
as Prostitute
as Prostitute
as Girl on street
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Choji's Father
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as Thug
as (uncredited)
