The Quiet Duel Comments

  • Sigrid 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    This awkward protagonist(s) is hard to empathize with, and the boring progress ahead is hypnotizing. But near the end, after the emotions leaked, the play began to look good. However, this seems to conflict with the "quiet" of the title....

  • Vivian 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    3.5. In a "Drunken Angel 2.0", Kurosawa's favorite characters, except for the samurai Ronin and the Sengoku Daimyo, are such masculine and resolute humanitarian doctors. Because of the sick and mutilated body, reluctantly to make a decision with the beloved, the inner struggle is like a duel of self-will in a quiet night. The 1949 movie is still deeply shocked by...

  • Jeremie 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    It's a rather embarrassing story. The rhythm in the second half is slow. The forbearance and noble style of Doctor Mifune's image makes people a little unbearable. Too upright and kind can only endure the pain and even lose a loved one for it. There are not too many twists in the plot. , mostly indoors, bleak and bland as want inspirational...

  • Elissa 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Akira Kurosawa's ideal of a doctor with perfect personality, saving people or saving the...

  • Amara 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Impulsivity is the devil in "Zi Sanshiro", and restraint is the angel in "Duel of the Quiet Night". Kurosawa's patiently silent work is a critique and reflection on the post-war status quo from a humanitarian standpoint. Stealing oneself and saving the wounded are contradictory and unified paradoxes in this underrated work, for which the film describes the story of a doctor who is a patient trying to save himself but cannot. The ills of society and the happiness of individuals are closely...

  • Stan 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Mifune's acting is really impressive! The background music of the movie is...

  • Spencer 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    The shame of syphilis: In order to damage the image of the protagonist of Gao Daquan, syphilis comes from the patient during the operation, not from sex; for the virus, you can give up the girlfriend who has been in love for many years, whether it is to protect or hurt her; Terrible...

  • Maymie 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Idealism + sainthood + full of positive energy + moral preaching + main theme + Kurosawa Akira has always been too hard, and the theme is vague. Mifune's too young aura has not been cultivated, and the performance is too dramatic... If you don't say that this is a Kurosawa Akira film, would you really give 5...

  • Zechariah 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Master's work! Every shot is tightly connected, every scene is properly transformed and meaningful, and the actors use actions to interpret their hearts, which is really a textbook-level work. Amazed by the neatness of the work. Since I have seen the Drunken Angel recently, it is a bit funny to see the roles of Mifune and Shimura Joe...

  • Darius 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Emperor Kurosawa's early works of humanitarian care established a tall image of the protagonist with forbearance of responsibility and moral worries that society cannot tolerate, but the film is far from such a superficial theme. The collision between the nurses revealed that there is also a deep desire behind morality, and there will also be motivation for good before the fall. Fortunately, they all got detached growth in the...

Extended Reading
  • Geovanny 2022-02-07 14:45:16

    Movie diary

    In the seemingly peaceful hospital, in fact, everyone has experienced ups and downs and difficult survival. The part of lighting the cigarette really saw the father and son coming. The patients celebrated the successful deflation of the cecal little monk, which also contrasted with the melancholy...

  • Sammy 2022-02-07 14:45:16

    An era without condoms

    If there were condoms, the movie wouldn't exist. Because there is no condom, the doctor played by Mifune suppresses his desires and feelings and does not marry his fiancée. This doctor is a good man, he treats sick children very kindly, saves the pregnant dancer and takes her in, and encourages her...

The Quiet Duel quotes

  • Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki: If he had been happy, he might have become just a snob.

  • Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: I thought I could forget everything when she married. But I can't!

    [He walks over to the window]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: I'm fighting desperately now to curb my desires. I feel sorry for myself. Young and fastidious before the war, I suppressed it. It was the same during the war. The thought of Misao and a peaceful home sustained me!

    [His voice chokes, and he sits down on the couch]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: But one day, without having fooled around myself, my blood was contaminated by a man's diseased blood!

    [He angrily kicks over the chair]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: If I'd known it would happen... it makes me think sometimes!

    [He gets up again]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: I don't know when I can satisfy my desires!

    [He turns towards Rui]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: Why must I suffer like this? I have syphilis! But it's not my fault or the result of playing around!"

    [He begins to cry]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: I'm pure yet my desires unfulfilled! It's intolerable sometimes! But my conscience tries to crush out my physical desires.

    [He throws his stethoscope]

    Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki: My stupid conscience!