by Akira Kurosawa · Toho · DVD · EAN 8436597560290
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«Barbarroja» is the movie by Akira Kurosawa (1965), starring Toshirô Mifune and Yûzô Kayama, on DVD.
Japan, 19th century. Young doctor Yasumoto, newly arrived from Nagasaki, aspired to be a shogun's physician, but he is assigned to a clinic for the poor run by Doctor Niide, nicknamed Barbarroja. Contact with the patients' misery and the veteran doctor's wisdom turn his arrogance into humanitarian vocation.
It was the last collaboration between Akira Kurosawa and Toshirô Mifune. Original version in Japanese with Spanish subtitles. Volpi Cup for Best Actor in Venice and Golden Spike in Valladolid.
For lovers of classic Japanese cinema and viewers interested in period dramas with a humanist outlook.
