The Quiet Duel

The Quiet Duel (1949)

静かなる決闘

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.

Date of release
1949-03-19
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (97)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Akira Kurosawa

Casting

Interesting facts

The Quiet Duel is a 1949 Japanese medical drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Senkichi Taniguchi.

Production

Production was interrupted due to a lengthy strike at the Toho movie studio, and Kurosawa would ultimately finish the movie at rival studio Daiei. At that time Daiei also owned a baseball team, the Daiei Stars, whose players visited the movie set during filming.

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