Kurosawa's masterpiece, but make it TV movie. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
In this made-for-television movie, director Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa brought together Fujita Makoto and Masahiro Takashima for the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard! A physician and his assistant work desperately to save lives in the face of budget cutbacks at their clinic.
Acting
Fujita Makoto commits to the bit despite everything.
Director
Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original 1965 film ran 185 minutes and was Kurosawa's last collaboration with Toshiro Mifune.
Made-for-TV remakes of classic films were common in 1990s Japanese television as prestige programming on smaller budgets.
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