Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

Movie rating: 7.4 / 10 (3911)

Directed by: Kazuo Kikuta - Akira Kurosawa - Senkichi Taniguchi

Writer credits: Akira Kurosawa - Kazuo Kikuta

Cast: Toshirô Mifune - Takashi Shimura - Miki Sanjo - Kenjiro Uemura - Chieko Nakakita

AKA: Shizukanaru kettô, The Silent Duel, Das stumme Duell

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