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Before filming the flashback scene when Sahachi is dying in Red Beard's clinic, Akira Kurosawa playe [...] D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
Toshirô Mifune usually appeared in several films a year for Toho, doing many cameos and guest rol [...] D
Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya wanted to work on Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster but couldn't due to his c [...] D
Red Beard is the only Kurosawa film to contain any nudity. D
Filmmaker John Sayles chose this movie as his favorite film in an AFI survey. D
Akira Kurosawa's desire for authenticity for this film led to having the hospital set thoroughly sto [...] D
Principal photography took two years. D
The clinic was built based on the modeling of the Koishikawa Nursing Home, which was built in 1722. [...] D
Kirk Douglas visited the set during filming. D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #159. D
Akira Kurosawa: [weather] The film is well-known for its snowy sequences. Light-hearted scenes are a [...] D
According to film historian Donald Richie, this is the first time Kurosawa used a four directional s [...] D
As was typical for his work with Kurosawa, film composer Masaru Satô was only given one week to c [...] D
According to the novelization for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, which is basically Tarantino channe [...] D
Period construction of the hospital went as far as to use the right kind of aged wood that would hav [...] D
This movie marked the end of Akira Kurosawa's collaboration with Toshirô Mifune. They collaborate [...] D
Akira Kurosawa's last black-and-white film. D
According to the DVD commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince, this is the only Akira Kurosawa film [...] D
This would mark the ninth and final time that Yoshio Tsuchiya would be featured in a Kurosawa film. [...] D