The Quiet Duel (1949)
Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjo
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) 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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Drama
Keywords: nurse,surgeon,syphillis,doctor,field hospital
Cast
Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Misao Matsumoto
Susumu Nakada
Takiko Nakada
Apprentice Nurse
Cpl. Horiguchi
Patrolman Nosaka
Boy with appendicitis
Nurse Imai
Laborer
Boy with typhoid
Officer
Father of boy with appendicitis
Mother of boy with appendicitis
Old Soldier
Boy
Gaudy Woman
Student Nurse
Mii-chan
Policeman