The Quiet Duel
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Released
- 1949
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1949
Storyline
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
Top credits
Toshirô Mifune — Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Takashi Shimura — Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki- Miki Sanjō — Misao Matsumoto
Kenjirô Uemura — Susumu Nakada
Did you know
• Censors for the American Occupation Forces ordered changes to the script by Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi, especially the bleak ending in which Kyoji goes mad. They were concerned that people with syphilis would be too horrified to seek treatment.
• This film was the first film Kurosawa directed outside of Toho, as it was a co-production between Daiei Studios and the newly formed Art Film Association, of which Kurosawa was a founding member.
• This was Akira Kurosawa's only collaboration with famed film composer Akira Ifukube. The two clashed intensely over creative differences during filming.
User reviews
Splendid actors
Despite being a "lesser" Kurosawa film, this is an exceptional film
well-acted melodrama that isn't one of Kurosawa's best
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
