Masterpiece in black and white: Red Beard by Akira Kurosawa
The new models from MINAMOTO are named after protagonists in the classic films by legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. The black-and-white masterpiece "Red Beard" (Akahige, Japan 1965) tells the story of a young doctor's training in a rural hospital and his relationship with the hospital director.
"Red Beard is set at the beginning of the 19th century. Kurosawa describes the inner transformation of a young doctor who, contrary to his hopes, arrives at a hospital for the poor, but finds a new professional ethos in contact with the seemingly cynical and crude doctor Red Beard and in view of the blatant misery around him." (Ulrich Gregor: History of the film from 1960 onwards)
"Finding yourself by forgetting yourself - that is the lesson that Red Beard gives his pupil and Kurosawa gives the audience. But all this is said without any moralizing. Red Beard convinces by acting instead of talking, Kurosawa relies far more on his staging ideas than on dialog." (Tulard Guide des films)
"Perhaps only Kurosawa could have pulled off the scene in which Red Beard, seeing one of his good deeds undone, knocks out about twenty men in a fit of sumurai madness, breaking arms and legs like matchsticks and muttering in shame at the end, 'I think I've gone too far.' " (Tom Milne, Time Out Film Guide)
Screenplay: Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, based on a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto
Camera: Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saito
MINAMOTO OTOYO - MN31023
Named after a young heroine from the Japanese film "Red Beard", the Otoyo unisex frame from Minamoto impresses with its rimless geometric shape and elegant design. An innovative monoblock pressure fastening system underlines the simple look. BüThe gel and nose bridge are in rose gold, white and antique gray. A classic, exclusive pattern can be found on the temples and nose bridge.
