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Availability: In Stock - This is normally a Special Order item, but it is currently in stock. AKA: A Silent Duel Director: Akira Kurosawa Released: 1949 [Japan] Genre: Drama Keywords:  Doctor || Illness

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Plot:	An army surgeon (Mifune) contracts syphilis during a life-saving operation. Now suffering with the dreaded disease, he needs to find the faith to return to his work helping save people's lives, including the man from whom he contracted the disease.
Overview:	Based on a play by Kazuo Kikuta, this early Akira Kurosawa film concerns an army surgeon (Mifune) who, during a life-saving operation, contaminates himself with syphilis which, at the time, was virtually incurable. Now suffering with the dreaded disease, he needs to find the faith to return to his work helping save people's lives, including the man from whom he contracted the disease. Starring Toshiro Mifune in his second of many film collaborations with Akira Kurosawa.
Cast:	Toshiro Mifune  ||  Takashi Shimura  ||  Miki Sanjo  ||  Kenjiro Uemura  ||  Chieko Nakakita (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	95 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (1.0 - Mono)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Brentwood Home Video/Deimos  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Full Screen Mono Black & White News Report From The Set Of The Movie Interviews with Cinematographer Setsuo Kobayashi, Actress Miki Sanjo and Composer Akira Ifukube Liner Notes by Stuart Galbraith