The Quiet Duel
Original title: Shizuka naru kettô
1949 · 1 h 35 min
Akira KurosawaCast
Toshirō Mifune 
Takashi Shimura 
Miki Sanjō 
Kenjirō Uemura 
Chieko Nakakita 
Noriko Sengoku
Credits
Written by: Kazuo Kikuta
Plot
A young doctor contracts syphilis during an operation and struggles with guilt, duty and his fiancée.
Sinekatalog’s take
Akira Kurosawa's drama, with Toshiro Mifune, is humane and austere, a small chamber piece on responsibility.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (4,466 votes)
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