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The Quiet Duel is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The cast includes Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Noriko Sengoku. The screenplay was written by Senkichi Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa, with production by Sōjirō Motoki. Music was composed by Akira Ifukube. The film is presented in black-and-white and was originally produced in Japanese.
It was released in Japan on March 13, 1949, and in other markets on March 19, 1949. The runtime is 95 minutes. Distribution was handled by Daiei Film and Netflix, with availability in video on demand format. The plot involves a nurse, surgeon, doctor, and syphilis within a field hospital. The film holds a rating of 7.3 on IMDb and a vote average of 7.343 on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.3A 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- nurse
- surgeon
- doctor
- syphilis
- field hospital
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenwriter
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cast member
- Noriko Sengoku
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Producer
- Sōjirō Motoki
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 492091
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Shizukanaru ketto poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1949-03-13
- title
- 静かなる決闘
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- The Quiet Duel
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