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.
Elenco: Toshirō Mifune , Yûzô Kayama , Tsutomu Yamazaki , Reiko Dan , Miyuki Kuwano , Kyōko Kagawa , Tatsuyoshi Ehara , Terumi Niki , Akemi Negishi , Yoshitaka Zushi , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Eijirō Tōno , Takashi Shimura , Chishū Ryū , Haruko Sugimura , Kinuyo Tanaka , Eijirō Yanagi , Kōji Mitsui , Kō Nishimura , Nobuo Chiba , Kamatari Fujiwara , Ken Mitsuda , Yôko Fujiyama , Yōko Naitō , Reiko Nanao , Imari Tsuji , Akiko Nomura , Sue Mitobe , Kin Sugai , Michiko Araki , Bokuzen Hidari , Atsushi Watanabe , Yasuzō Ogawa , Yutaka Sada , Ikio Sawamura , Noriko Honma , Miyoko Nakamura , Akiko Kazami , Chisato Aoki , Kyoko Kurisu , Yukiko Yanagishita , Toshiko Fukai , Keiko Tomita , Shôji Ôki , Shôichi Hirose , Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi , Masanobu Ôkubo , Fujio Tokita , Yasuo Araki , Hiroshi Tanaka , Shin Ibuki , Kanzō Uni , Hiroto Kimura , Shu Komoro , Ryū Kuze , Susumu Ishikawa .