The Quiet Duel

Mar 19, 1949

1h 35m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

Toshirō Mifune

Misao Matsumoto

Miki Sanjō

Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Takashi Shimura

Susumu Nakada

Kenjiro Uemura

Patrolman Nosaka

Isamu Yamaguchi

Apprentice Nurse

Noriko Sengoku

Takiko Nakada

Chieko Nakakita

Kenichi Miyajima

Old soldier

Masatoki Sasaki

Policeman

Seiji Izumi

Father of boy with appendicitis

Tadashi Date

Officer

Shigeyuki Miyajima

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