Shizuka naru kettô

1949 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

13
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 4460 4.5K

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Plot summary

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.

Director

Akira Kurosawa Photo
Akira Kurosawa

Top cast

Kenjirô Uemura Photo
Kenjirô Uemura as Susumu Nakada
Toshirô Mifune Photo
Toshirô Mifune as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Kisao Tobita Photo
Kisao Tobita as Boy with typhoid
Isamu Yamaguchi Photo
Isamu Yamaguchi as Patrolman Nosaka
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869.08 MB
970*720
Japanese 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 2
1.58 GB
1424*1056
Japanese 2.0
M
Subtitles us  cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Of Mifune's films I've seen, this is his

Of Mifune's films I've seen, this is his crowning achievement, playing many notes in a consistent key. His breakdown in front of the nurse, largely done in a single take, is so raw, genuine, beyond the realm of mere acting. I'm not sure what the thickets around the gates are meant to symbolize, besides it's use as a transition device - the film takes place over many years. But I like the way it's lit, especially with snow, or wet from melting. It also obscures a conversation between Kyoji and his girlfriend, which at first they are in front of, but immediately cuts to and remains on reverse angle when he won't be open with her. Perhaps the character with most arc is his nurse, a beautiful performance. She's conniving, shady, distrustful. We don't know what her intentions are. She's a former dancer, and one of her coworkers thinks she may even have been a prostitute, which makes her erupt - is this taking offense because it's true, or defense that she never went so far? She got knocked up and left with a baby she wanted to abort. She started off a total bitch at her job, as evidenced by her slouched manner the second we see her working at the doctor's office. But she falls in love with Kyoji, causing her to work harder and mature her blasé views. Kyoji is considered a saint by the end of the film, Kurosawa using the symbol and theme of sacrifice as he has in other works. Kyoji literally wears the disease of his patient, and goes on working for the happiness of his other patients, despite what a dick this guy Nakada is to him. He helps those who have no money. He releases his long time girlfriend from a commitment, which she does not want to oblige, because he knows he can no longer make love to her with his disease.
Reviewed by william d 3 / 10

Definitely not one of the better Kurosawa/Mifune collaborations

Definitely not one of the better Kurosawa/Mifune collaborations. This overwrought melodrama's failings - all of the characters spend the majority of their time crying or hanging their heads in sorrow - are exacerbated by the terrible acting of Noriko Sengoku.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Good early career pic from the master, Kurosawa

good early career pic from the master, Kurosawa
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