Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Akira Kurosawa's poignant tale of warm humanity and the meaning of responsibility, featuring a powerhouse performance by Toshiro Mifune.

Kurosawa's intimate, episodic epic follows the socially ambitious young doctor (Yuzo Kayama) as he arrives at a rural clinic in 19th-century Japan to study alongside the commanding yet caring Dr Kyojio Niide aka 'Red Beard' (Mifune).

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