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THE QUIET DUEL

静かなる決闘 | Shizukanaru kettô

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1949
Drama
  • 9494 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.