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The Quiet Duel 1949 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 静かなる決闘

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Daiei Film
Release Date 19 March 1949
95 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Miki Sanjō Misao Matsumoto
Takashi Shimura Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Kenjiro Uemura Susumu Nakada
Isamu Yamaguchi Patrolman Nosaka
Noriko Sengoku Apprentice Nurse
Chieko Nakakita Takiko Nakada
Masatoki Sasaki Old soldier
Seiji Izumi Policeman
Tadashi Date Father of boy with appendicitis
Junnosuke Miyazaki Cpl. Horiguchi
Kisao Tobita Boy with typhoid
Kan Takami Laborer
Etsuko Sudo Mother of boy with appendicitis
Hiroko Machida Nurse Imai
Wakayo Matsumura Student Nurse
Yakuko Ikegami Gaudy Woman
Shigeru Matsumoto Boy with appendicitis