The Quiet Duel

The Quiet Duel

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Release Date

3/19/1949

Runtime

95 mins

Genres

Overview

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's 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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A meditative portrait of a man wrestling with shame and duty in isolation, watching as a moment of professional misfortune becomes a life sentence of silent suffering. It's a quiet film about the unseen weight of secrets and the cruelty of circumstance.

Mood

MelancholicTenseContemplativeMournful

Themes

IsolationRedemptionLoveIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Sexual content

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