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Plot. The film centers on Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki, a young, idealistic doctor who, during his service as an army physician during World War II, contracted syphilis from the blood of a patient when he accidentally cut himself during an operation.
Nov 30, 1979 · The Quiet Duel: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Kenjirô Uemura. A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
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- Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1979-11-30
Feb 6, 2021 · From IMDB: A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he...
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Dec 1, 2018 · The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘 Shizukanaru Kettō) is a 1949 O duelo quieto Sessiz Düello Το ήσυχο πνεύμα Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the second of sixteen ...
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In 1944, in WWII, Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki cuts his finger with the scalpel during a surgery in a field hospital and is infected by spirochete from his patient Susumu Nakada. After the blood test, he realizes that he has contracted syphilis, but he does not have the necessary medicine to treat the disease. He advises Nakada to seek medical treatment ...
Overview. A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. 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, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation. Akira Kurosawa.
The theme of the Quiet Duel, for me, was shown as a battle between our desire to be impulsive and let the consequences just play out vs. our ability to be measured, thoughtful and delay pleasure in order to be responsible.
