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* CaretakerReversal: Dr. Yasumoto takes care of a feverish girl, abused to the point of madness, named Otayo. When the doctor himself falls ill, Otayo tends him, which helps her mental recovery. (In an amusing bit, she even tries reading his medical texts to stay awake.)

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* CaretakerReversal: Dr. Yasumoto takes care of a feverish girl, abused to the point of madness, named Otayo. Otoyo. When the doctor himself falls ill, Otayo Otoyo tends him, which helps her mental recovery. (In an amusing bit, she even tries reading his medical texts to stay awake.)



* FaceFramedInShadow: Otayo is living in Yasumoto's room while deep within a HeroicBSOD. On multiple occasions, both when she's lying down and sitting up, her face is lit so that only her eyes are visible.

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* FaceFramedInShadow: Otayo Otoyo is living in Yasumoto's room while deep within a HeroicBSOD. On multiple occasions, both when she's lying down and sitting up, her face is lit so that only her eyes are visible.



* SleepCute: It is apparent that Otayo is regaining her faith in humanity when Yasumoto wakes up and finds her asleep with her head on his stomach.

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* SleepCute: It is apparent that Otayo Otoyo is regaining her faith in humanity when Yasumoto wakes up and finds her asleep with her head on his stomach.
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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1948's ''Film/DrunkenAngel'' and included almost every film Kurosawa made over a period of 17 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1990s.

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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1948's ''Film/DrunkenAngel'' and included almost every film Kurosawa made over a period of 17 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1990s.
1990s. According to legend, their reconciliation was prompted after the two of them attended the funeral of their mutual friend and colleague Creator/IshiroHonda, best known as the director of [[Film/Godzilla1954 a certain monster movie you may have heard of]].
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* MinoredInAssKicking: Red Beard avoids fighting as a doctor, but turns into a fearsome fighter if pushed into it, as seen when he handily beats up some hoodlums who wanted to stop him from taking an ailing girl to his clinic.
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* InfantImmortality: Chobo survives the poison that he and his family all took.

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: Chobo survives the poison that he and his family all took.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Several characters, some of whom succeed. Onaka kills herself via a knife to the gut.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Several characters, some DeterminedDoctor: Few things can stand in the way of whom succeed. Red Beard administering aid. If a dozen or so armed hoodlums try to prevent him from taking a 12-year-old feverish girl to his clinic, he'll just beat them all up with his bare hands. If the same girl refuses to take her medicine, he'll just try again and again with patience and kindness. The fact that seeing peasants for free leaves him poor himself means little to him and he's more concerned with the lack of funds to properly care for so many sick people.
* DressedToHeal: Dr. Yasumoto first looks at Sahachi while dressed in his own samurai-ish clothes, prompting Sahachi to say that it would be more comforting if he wore the clinic's uniform, as the sight of it tells a sick person that help is on the way.
* DrivenToSuicide:
** Sahachi's love
Onaka kills herself via a knife to the gut.gut. More specifically, she points the knife to herself and then has an oblivious Sahachi embrace her, driving the knife into her.
** Chobo's whole family swallows poison out of shame at finding out he had been stealing. Red Beard and Yasumoto manage to save them, though.
* DyingAlone: Rokusuke dies with only a couple of impersonal doctors watching over him. This is contrasted with Sahachi, who was beloved by many for his selflessness and so has practically the whole neighborhood come to see him in his final hours.
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* WhenSheSmiles: Otoyo, the young girl Yasumoto and Red Beard rescue from the brothel. The moment she recovers and genuinely smiles for the first time [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments can melt even the most cynical of hearts]] (Yasumoto's included).

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* WhenSheSmiles: Otoyo, the young girl Yasumoto and Red Beard rescue from the brothel. The moment she recovers and genuinely smiles for the first time [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments can melt even the most cynical of hearts]] hearts (Yasumoto's included).
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* InfantImmortality: Chobo survives the poison that he and his family all took.
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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1948's ''Drunken Angel'' and included almost every film Kurosawa made over a period of 17 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1990s.

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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1948's ''Drunken Angel'' ''Film/DrunkenAngel'' and included almost every film Kurosawa made over a period of 17 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1990s.
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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1949's ''Film/StrayDog'' and included almost every film either of them made over a period of 16 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1980s.

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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1949's ''Film/StrayDog'' 1948's ''Drunken Angel'' and included almost every film either of them Kurosawa made over a period of 16 17 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1980s.
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* SleepCute: It is apparent that Otayo is regaining her faith in humanity when Yasumoto wakes up and finds her asleep with her head on his stomach.
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* FaceFramedInShadow: Otayo is living in Yasumoto's room while deep within a HeroicBSOD. On multiple occasions, both when she's lying down and sitting up, her face is lit so that only her eyes are visible.
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* {{Intermission}}: Five minutes. Once, in the before time, movie producers understood that three hour films should have bathroom breaks built in.
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* FanDisservice: This, the only film in the Kurosawa canon to feature nudity, shows what is obviously a shapely young woman--writhing in agonizing pain on the operating table as Red Beard and his assistant try to repair a horrible gaping wound in her stomach.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Several characters, some of whom succeed.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Several characters, some of whom succeed. Onaka kills herself via a knife to the gut.


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* {{Flashback}}: The tragic story of Onaka's romance with Sahachi is told by Sahachi in an extended flashback.


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* InstantDeathBullet: Onaka stabs herself in the stomach once and dies about three seconds later.
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* SnowMeansLove: It's snowing when Onaka dashes out and offers Sahachi an umbrella to protect him. He's smitten.
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* {{Fainting}}: Yasumoto faints at his first surgery, involving a woman with some sort of ghastly stomach wound. Aftwards, he's humiliated.
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* CaretakerReversal: Dr. Yasumoto takes care of a feverish girl, abused to the point of madness, named Otayo. When the doctor himself falls ill, Otayo tends him, which helps her mental recovery. (In an amusing bit, she even tries reading his medical texts to stay awake.)
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* WelcomeEpisode: New arrival Yasumoto appears at the hospital and is greeted by a bitter, burnt-out doctor who gives him a tour and establishes how dire things are.
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This film marked the end of the creative partnership between Mifune and Kurosawa that dated back to 1949's ''Film/StrayDog'' and included almost every film either of them made over a period of 16 years. The two had a falling out and didn't speak for over 20 years, although they did reconcile in the 1980s.

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''Red Beard'' is a 1965 film directed by Creator/AkiraKurosawa, based on the short story collection ''Akahige shinryotan'' (赤ひげ診療譚) by Shūgorō Yamamoto. It stars ToshiroMifune as Dr. Kyojō Niide, nicknamed "Red Beard".

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''Red Beard'' is a 1965 film directed by Creator/AkiraKurosawa, based on the short story collection ''Akahige shinryotan'' (赤ひげ診療譚) by Shūgorō Yamamoto. It stars ToshiroMifune Creator/ToshiroMifune as Dr. Kyojō Niide, nicknamed "Red Beard".


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* {{Badass}}: Red Beard beats up a bunch of brothel toughs with his bare hands. He then [[HypocriticalHumor denounces violence and says that this is something a doctor should never do]].


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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Red Beard beats up a bunch of brothel toughs with his bare hands. He then [[HypocriticalHumor denounces violence and says that this is something a doctor should never do]].
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* FreudianExcuse: The Mantis Woman was sexually abused as a child, but Red Beard is quick to point out that not every sexually abused child grows up to become a SerialKiller. He maintains she was born with some form of mental illness.

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* FreudianExcuse: Defied. The Mantis Woman was sexually abused as a child, but Red Beard is quick to point out that not every sexually abused child grows up to become a SerialKiller. He maintains she was born with some form of mental illness.
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His beginning outfit was endemic to the samurai caste at the time. Unless the kuge wore it as well...{grumble}


The protagonist of the film is Dr. Yasumoto, recent graduate of the medical school at Nagasaki, and disappointed in love. He's even more disappointed when he learns that instead of the prestigious post with the shogunate he'd expected, Dr. Yasumoto is assigned to a public clinic that provides free care for the poor. At first, the arrogant young Yasumoto is determined to be as contrary as possible so that Red Beard will fire him.

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The protagonist of the film is Dr. Yasumoto, Yasumoto--samurai, recent graduate of the medical school at Nagasaki, and disappointed in love. He's even more disappointed when he learns that instead of the prestigious post with the shogunate he'd expected, Dr. Yasumoto is assigned to a public clinic that provides free care for the poor. At first, the arrogant young Yasumoto is determined to be as contrary as possible so that Red Beard will fire him.
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''Red Beard'' is a 1965 film directed by Creator/AkiraKurosawa, based on the short story collection ''Akahige shinryotan'' (赤ひげ診療譚) by Shūgorō Yamamoto. It stars ToshiroMifune as Dr. Kyojō Niide, nicknamed "Red Beard".

The protagonist of the film is Dr. Yasumoto, recent graduate of the medical school at Nagasaki, and disappointed in love. He's even more disappointed when he learns that instead of the prestigious post with the shogunate he'd expected, Dr. Yasumoto is assigned to a public clinic that provides free care for the poor. At first, the arrogant young Yasumoto is determined to be as contrary as possible so that Red Beard will fire him.

Over the course of the story, Dr. Yasumoto learns from his experiences and Red Beard's gruff wisdom, becoming both a better doctor and a better human being.

!!This film provides examples of:

* ArrangedMarriage: The failure of one drives some of Dr. Yasumoto's bitterness, and another leads to tragic circumstances.
* {{Badass}}: Red Beard beats up a bunch of brothel toughs with his bare hands. He then [[HypocriticalHumor denounces violence and says that this is something a doctor should never do]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Dr. Yasumoto is a much better person at the end of the film than he is at the beginning.
* DrivenToSuicide: Several characters, some of whom succeed.
* FreudianExcuse: The Mantis Woman was sexually abused as a child, but Red Beard is quick to point out that not every sexually abused child grows up to become a SerialKiller. He maintains she was born with some form of mental illness.
* HonorBeforeReason: The man who would have been Dr. Yasumoto's father in law feels he cannot forgive his eldest daughter and embrace his grandchild until Dr. Yasumoto accepts a new arrangement to make up for the jilting.
* ObliviousToLove: Dr. Mori, who has to have Osugi's feelings pointed out to him by [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the other nurses]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Dr. Niide's name is hard to pronounce, and he has a reddish tinge to his beard, so he's always addressed as "Red Beard" or "Dr. Red Beard."
* WhenSheSmiles: Otoyo, the young girl Yasumoto and Red Beard rescue from the brothel. The moment she recovers and genuinely smiles for the first time [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments can melt even the most cynical of hearts]] (Yasumoto's included).
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