The Quiet Duel (1949)
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.
- Released
- 1949-03-19
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Akira Kurosawa
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 98 votes
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
- Miki Sanjō as Misao Matsumoto
- Takashi Shimura as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
- Kenjiro Uemura as Susumu Nakada
- Isamu Yamaguchi as Patrolman Nosaka
- Noriko Sengoku as Apprentice Nurse
- Chieko Nakakita as Takiko Nakada
- Kenichi Miyajima
- Masatoki Sasaki as Old soldier
- Seiji Izumi as Policeman
- Tadashi Date as Father of boy with appendicitis
- Shigeyuki Miyajima as Officer