Film
The Quiet Duel
Japan- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Year
- 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.
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
Kenichi Miyajima
Masatoki Sasaki
Old soldier
Seiji Izumi
Policeman
Tadashi Date
Father of boy with appendicitis
Shigeyuki Miyajima
Officer
Junnosuke Miyazaki
Cpl. Horiguchi
Kisao Tobita
Boy with typhoid
Kan Takami
Laborer
Etsuko Sudo
Mother of boy with appendicitis
Hatsuko Wakahara
Mii-chan
Hiroko Machida
Nurse Imai
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Akira Kurosawa, Senkichi Taniguchi
Produced by
Hisao Ichikawa, Sōjirō Motoki
