1949
7.3 (83 votes)
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Daiei Film
The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘)
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Kazuo Kikuta, Akira Kurosawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Hisao Ichikawa, Sōjirō Motoki
Director of Photography: Sōichi Aisaka
Top 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
