The Quiet Duel

The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘, Shizukanaru Ketto) is a 1949 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toshirō Mifune (in the second of many films with Kurosawa), plays a young idealistic doctor, still a virgin, who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. However, 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... more

The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘, Shizukanaru Ketto) is a 1949 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toshirō Mifune (in the second of many films with Kurosawa), plays a young idealistic doctor, still a virgin, who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. However, 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 and celibacy, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation. The Quiet Duel was released on DVD in the US by BCI Eclipse, as the first title in their "Director's Series". The film has also been released on Blu-ray in Japan as part of boxed set of four of his films.. less