Red Beard
Akahige
Akira Kurosawa
1965
My all time favorite! Poignant, epic in scope—the best medical coming-of-age film I know of. The story of a medical intern working at a charity clinic in early nineteenth century Japan. The legendary Toshirō Mifune portrays his attending, the titular Red Beard. Also has a great “samurai doctor” scene. Not be be missed!