The Quiet Duel

The Quiet Duel

95 mins | Drama | March 19, 1949

Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) 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.

The Quiet Duel

95 mins | Drama | March 19, 1949

The Quiet Duel
Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) 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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 静かなる決闘
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Kazuo Kikuta, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

Miki Sanjo

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

Masatoki Sasaki

as Old soldier

Seiji Izumi

as Policeman

Tadashi Date

as Father of boy with appendicitis

Shigeyuki Miyajima

as Officer

Junnosuke Miyazaki

as Cpl. Horiguchi

Kisao Tobita

as Boy with typhoid

Kan Takami

as Laborer

Etsuko Sudo

as Mother of boy with appendicitis

Hatsuko Wakahara

as Mii-chan

Hiroko Machida

as Nurse Imai

Wakayo Matsumura

as Student Nurse

Yakuko Ikegami

as Gaudy Woman

Shigeru Matsumoto

as Boy with appendicitis

Yosuke Kudo

as Boy