The Quiet Duel
7.3(92) 1949-03-19 95 minDrama
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.
WriterAkira Kurosawa
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerHisao Ichikawa
ProducerSōjirō Motoki
Original Music ComposerAkira Ifukube
WriterSenkichi Taniguchi
Cast & characters
Toshirō Mifune
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Miki Sanjō
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
Kenichi Miyajima
as —
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Masatoki Sasaki
as Old soldier
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Seiji Izumi
as Policeman
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Tadashi Date
as Father of boy with appendicitis
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Shigeyuki Miyajima
as Officer
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Junnosuke Miyazaki
as Cpl. Horiguchi
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Kisao Tobita
as Boy with typhoid
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Kan Takami
as Laborer
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Etsuko Sudo
as Mother of boy with appendicitis
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Hatsuko Wakahara
as Mii-chan
Hiroko Machida
as Nurse Imai
Wakayo Matsumura
as Student Nurse
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Yakuko Ikegami
as Gaudy Woman
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Shigeru Matsumoto
as Boy with appendicitis
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Yosuke Kudo
as Boy
