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The Quiet Duel
JAPAN · 1949

The Quiet Duel

Akira Kurosawa
sacrifice and duty disease and stigma medical ethics wartime trauma unrequited love
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Synopsis

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.

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