95 minutes
3/19/1949
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.
Toshirō Mifune
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Miki Sanjō
as Misao Matsumoto
Takashi Shimura
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Kenjiro Uemura
as Susumu Nakada
Isamu Yamaguchi
as Patrolman Nosaka
Noriko Sengoku
as Apprentice Nurse
Chieko Nakakita
as Takiko Nakada
Kenichi Miyajima
Masatoki Sasaki
as Old soldier
Seiji Izumi
as Policeman
Tadashi Date
as Father of boy with appendicitis
Shigeyuki Miyajima
as Officer
Junnosuke Miyazaki
as Cpl. Horiguchi
Kisao Tobita
as Boy with typhoid
Kan Takami
as Laborer
Etsuko Sudo
as Mother of boy with appendicitis
Hatsuko Wakahara
as Mii-chan
Hiroko Machida
as Nurse Imai
Wakayo Matsumura
as Student Nurse
Yakuko Ikegami
as Gaudy Woman
Shigeru Matsumoto
as Boy with appendicitis
Yosuke Kudo
as Boy