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{{nihongo|'''''The Quiet Duel'''''|静かなる決闘|Shizukanaru Kettō}} is a 1949 [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese film]] directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]].
{{nihongo|'''''The Quiet Duel'''''|静かなる決闘|Shizukanaru Kettō}} is a 1949 Japanese film directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[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 ([[Kenjiro Uemura]]) when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée ([[Miki Sanjō]]) without explanation.
[[Toshiro 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 ([[Kenjiro Uemura]]) when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée ([[Miki Sanjō]]) without explanation.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Toshirō Mifune]] as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
* [[Toshiro Mifune]] as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
* [[Miki Sanjō]] as Misao Matsumoto
* [[Miki Sanjō]] as Misao Matsumoto
* [[Takashi Shimura]] as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
* [[Takashi Shimura]] as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Revision as of 02:41, 6 May 2013

The Quiet Duel
Directed byAkira Kurosawa[1]
Written bySenkichi Taniguchi
StarringToshiro Mifune
Takashi Shimura
CinematographySoichi Aisaka
Music byAkira Ifukube
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
March 13, 1949
Running time
95 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘, Shizukanaru Kettō) is a 1949 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Plot

Toshiro 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 (Kenjiro Uemura) when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée (Miki Sanjō) without explanation.

Cast

Home video

The Quiet Duel was released on DVD in the US by BCI Eclipse, as the first title in their "Director's Series". It was never released in UK cinemas but was released on DVD in 2006 under the title of "The Silent Duel".

References

  1. ^ Infobox data from "静かなる決闘" (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2013-02-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)