

The Quiet Duel
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Daiei Film
Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director

Akira Kurosawa
Writer

Kazuo Kikuta
Writer

Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
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

Wakayo Matsumura
Student Nurse
Yakuko Ikegami
Gaudy Woman