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Rating: 7 stars

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Japan doctor disease sexually transmitted disease pregnancy post-war

All movies seen on 12/28/2014

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The Quiet Duel (1949)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Drama

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.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Miki Sanjo | Takashi Shimura | Kenjiro Uemura | Isamu Yamaguchi | Noriko Sengoku | Chieko Nakakita | Kenichi Miyajima | Masatoki Sasaki | Seiji Izumi | Tadashi Date | Shigeyuki Miyajima | Jyonosuke Miyazaki | Kisao Tobita | Kan Takami | Etsuko Sudo | Hatsuko Wakahara | Hiroko Machida | Wakayo Matsumura | Yakuko Ikegami | Shigeru Matsumoto | Yosuke Kudo

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Second film for my Kurosawa week. Probably a lesser post-war movie in his oeuvre but still a poignant and tragic tale. Always a treat to see Mifune and Shimura share the screen.

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