The Quiet Duel
★★★★★
Japanese / 95 MIN. / 1949
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.