Japanese ? Akahige
Film director ? Akira Kurosawa
Dr. Kyojō Niide “Red Beard” (Akahige) ? Toshiro Mifune
Young Dr. Noboru Yasumoto ? Yūzō Kayama
Location ? Koishikawa, a district of Edo (now Tokyo)
Period ? 19th century
Kurosawa’s favourite topics ? humanism and existentialism
Film release ? 1965