The Quiet Duel

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Akira Kurosawa

Status Released

Release Date 1949-03-19

Storyline

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.