The Quiet Duel

7.3(83 votes)

1949

1h 35m

Drama

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.

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Production

Companies:

Daiei Film

Languages

Original:ja

Spoken:

Japanese

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

Kenichi Miyajima

Masatoki Sasaki

Old soldier

Seiji Izumi

Policeman

Tadashi Date

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Shigeyuki Miyajima

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