Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. Red Beard (1965) — a sadly overlooked and underrated film — is of great historical note in the career of Akira Kurosawa.

Japanese master director Akira Kurosawa’s films are renowned for their humanism, and Red Beard (1965) marks the apotheosis of this approach. The story of an arrogant young doctor who learns the ...

The clinic, headed by the outwardly stern Dr. Kyojô Niide - nicknamed "Red Beard" for that attribute - under his very strict guidelines, treats the poor and disadvantaged of the region.