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The Quiet Duel

Original title: Shizukanaru kettô
  • 1949
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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The Quiet Duel (1949)
Drama

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Akira Kurosawa
  • Writers
    • Kazuo Kikuta
    • Akira Kurosawa
    • Senkichi Taniguchi
  • Stars
    • Toshirô Mifune
    • Takashi Shimura
    • Miki Sanjô
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    3.6K
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    • Director
      • Akira Kurosawa
    • Writers
      • Kazuo Kikuta
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Senkichi Taniguchi
    • Stars
      • Toshirô Mifune
      • Takashi Shimura
      • Miki Sanjô
    • 20User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Toshirô Mifune
    Toshirô Mifune
    • Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
    Takashi Shimura
    Takashi Shimura
    • Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
    Miki Sanjô
    • Misao Matsumoto
    Kenjirô Uemura
    Kenjirô Uemura
    • Susumu Nakada
    Chieko Nakakita
    Chieko Nakakita
    • Takiko Nakada
    Noriko Sengoku
    Noriko Sengoku
    • Apprentice Nurse Rui Minegishi
    Jyonosuke Miyazaki
    • Cpl. Horiguchi
    Isamu Yamaguchi
    • Patrolman Nosaka
    Shigeru Matsumoto
    • Boy with appendicitis
    Hiroko Machida
    • Nurse Imai
    Kan Takami
    • Laborer
    Kisao Tobita
    • Boy with typhoid
    Shigeyuki Miyajima
    • Officer
    Tadashi Date
    Tadashi Date
    • Father of boy with appendicitis
    Etsuko Sudo
    • Mother of boy with appendicitis
    Seiji Izumi
    • Policeman
    Masateru Sasaki
    • Old Soldier
    Ken'ichi Miyajima
    • Dealer
    • Director
      • Akira Kurosawa
    • Writers
      • Kazuo Kikuta
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Senkichi Taniguchi
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    • Trivia
      This film was the first film Kurosawa directed outside of Toho, as it was a co-production between Daiei Studios and the newly formed Art Film Association, of which Kurosawa was a founding member.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki: If he had been happy, he might have become just a snob.

    • Connections
      Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Toshiro Mifune
    • Soundtracks
      Bengawan Solo
      Written by Gesang

      (uncredited)

      The melody's heard in the police station when Fujisaki talked to Nakata

    User reviews20

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    7/10
    Great work but some refinement could have made a perfect gem out of it
    Another great drama by the great director with a lot of complicated but thought-provoking issues to think about.

    Mifune was amazing playing a silent character who is suffering a lot from the inside but has a strong prudent heart to not to cause hurt towards others, and the supporting cast especially the nurse were great. I also liked that this film chose an unusual way (in a sense an unorthodox way as compared to other films) to not let the sufferer reveal the whole truth to people important to him even though it might have been better that way, because that is a real Asian behaviour.

    The main problem I find with this film is that the first two-thirds of the film seem to have inconsistencies in its flow of plot that sort of distorted the perception of the relationships between the important characters, and things only really start to hasten and intensify during the last fraction of the film. This is okay as a story but if the flow is more refined it could have looked a little less awkward.
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    • Nov 18, 2012

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 30, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Tihi dvoboj
    • Filming locations
      • Daiei Studios, Tokyo, Japan(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Daiei Studios
      • Daiei
      • Film Art Association
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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