Red Beard

What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?

A humanistic period drama about a young doctor's moral education through his mentor's compassionate approach to healing the marginalized and suffering.

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.