Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe
Japan, early 19th century. "Doctor Naidi" (Mifone), known as "Red Beard", is the doctor in charge of a poor general clinic. "Dr. Noburo Yasumoto" (Kayama), a new assistant doctor, despite his initial disobedience to "Red Beard", including his excessive drinking and unusual clothing, finally learns that a good doctor must make sacrifices.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takeshi Katô, Susumu Terajima, Seizô Katô, Masuo Amada
In medieval Japan, a warlord leaves his empire to his three sons. But he doesn't think that this power will create discord between them and himself.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Senkichi Ômura, Kaori Momoi
A pardoned thief who bears a strong resemblance to a samurai who is a warlord and is hired as his replacement. After the commander dies, he is forced to take over the army...
Stars: Hideo Takamatsu, Eitarô Ozawa, Ken Yamaguchi, Yoshio Takee, Gai Harada
Aikako has been accused of murdering his wife while climbing a mountain...
Stars: Yoshi Katô, Yukio Horikita, Mizuho Suzuki, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa
When Suchiki no longer provides money for his old lover Kikuyu to take care of his three children, he and Suchiki abandon their children and disappear...
Stars: Isao Yamagata, Eitarô Ozawa, Hisao Toake, Yatarô Kurokawa, Ryôsuke Kagawa
Kurando is a retired samurai who has decided to retire and enjoy his last days with one of the two kabuki actors...
Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Renji Ishibashi, Hisashi Igawa, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Sumie Sasaki
A young man's frequent patronage of a prostitute leads to a debt that...
