The Quiet Duel (1949)
- Original title
- 静かなる決闘
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 90 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A doctor struggles with a secret shame after contracting syphilis from a patient during surgery. He must hide his condition from his fiancee while trying to cure himself and confront the man who infected him.
tensemelancholicslow-burnintrospectivemorally heavysomberquietly intenseemotionally restrained
What happens
The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘, Shizukanaru Kettō) is a 1949 Japanese medical drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Senkichi Taniguchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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