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Akahige (Barberousse)
poster Réalisateur: Akira Kurosawa
Acteurs: Toshirô Mifune (as Dr. Kyojio Niide, 'Akahige' ['Red Beard']), Yuzo Kayama (as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto), Tsutomu Yamazaki (as Sahachi), Reiko Dan (as Osugi), Miyuki Kuwano (as Onaka), Kyôko Kagawa (as Madwoman), Tatsuyoshi Ehara (as Genzo Tsugawa (as Tatsuya Ebara)), Terumi Niki (as Otoyo), Akemi Negishi (as Okuni, the mistress), Yoshio Tsuchiya (as Dr. Handayu Mori), Eijirô Tono (as Goheiji), Chishu Ryu (as Mr. Yasumoto), Takashi Shimura (as Tokubei Izumiya), Haruko Sugimura (as Kin, the madam), Kinuyo Tanaka (as Madame Yasumoto, Noboru's mother)
Pays: Japan
Catégorie: Drama
Année: 1965
Résumé: This Akira Kurosawa film tells the tale of young Dr. Yasumoto, a recent medical graduate assigned to a rural clinic for his post-graduate medical training. Yasumoto is condescending and arrogant--he is livid that he, who aspires to join the team of physicians caring for the Japanese Shogunate, should have to train in Dr. Niide's spartan clinic serving the impoverished local population. He finds Dr. Niide, known as 'Red Beard', a demanding taskmaster with a brusque manner and intense devotion to his patients. Niide requires nothing less than a monastic lifestyle of his interns. However, gradually Yasumoto is changed by his exposure to Red Beard. He learns the true meaning of being a doctor, seeing patients as real people who are suffering and as individuals whose lives he can improve and heal with his care.
Commentaire: "Red Beard" was a wonderful movie. The story was engaging and the acting superb. Two scenes stand out for me. The first was the "Mantis" scene with the seduction and assault on Dr. Yasumoto. Kyôko Kagawa as the Mantis was great in portraying her madness and the scene itself is an example of great film making. The other scene was the operation on the young woman. The actress who played the victim deserves praise for making it look like she was writhing in pain. What a striking scene. Toshirô Mifune was great as Red Beard and the rest of the cast were also outstanding. The acting by any of the characters in this movie far surpasses the narcissistic emoting of Hollywood films.
Langue: Japanese
Sous-titres: English
Durée: 185 Min
Format vidéo: XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Format audio: MPEG Layer 3 (MP3)
Nombre de CD: 2