Red Beard (1965) Cast & Character Guide — No Spoilers | Who's That?

Who plays who in Red Beard (1965)? Browse a spoiler-free character guide with photos of every major character and the actors behind them, including Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki.

• Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard") — played by Toshirō Mifune
• Dr. Noboru Yasumoto — played by Yūzō Kayama
• Sahachi — played by Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Osugi — played by Reiko Dan
• Onaka — played by Miyuki Kuwano
• Madwoman ("The Mantis") — played by Kyōko Kagawa
• Genzô Tsugawa — played by Tatsuyoshi Ehara
• Otoyo — played by Terumi Niki
• Okuni — played by Akemi Negishi
• Chobo — played by Yoshitaka Zushi
• Dr. Handayû Mori — played by Yoshio Tsuchiya
• Goheiji — played by Eijirō Tōno
• Tokubei Izumiya — played by Takashi Shimura
• Mr. Yasumoto — played by Chishū Ryū
• Kin, the madam — played by Haruko Sugimura
• Madame Yasumoto — played by Kinuyo Tanaka
• Madwoman's father — played by Eijirō Yanagi
• Heikichi — played by Kōji Mitsui
• Chief retainer — played by Kō Nishimura
• Matsudaira — played by Nobuo Chiba