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Shizukanaru kettō /

"During a life-saving operation, army surgeon Fujisaki (Mifune) contaminates himself with syphilis, a disease virtually incurable in 1940s Japan. After the war, he returns to work at the hospital maintained by his obstetrician father (Shimura), but agonizes over the disease that threatens to destroy...

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Corporate Authors: Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Ronin Entertainment, BCI Eclipse (Firm)
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Sengoku, Noriko, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Sanjō, Miki, Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006, Kikuta, Kazuo, 1908-1973
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
English
Published: Newbury Park, CA : Ronin Entertainment : distributed by BCI Eclipse Co., [between 2000 and 2006]
Series:Directors series (Ronin Entertainment)
Subjects:
Syphilis > Treatment > Japan > Drama.
Surgeons > Japan > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Japan > Drama.
Feature films > Japan.
Motion pictures > Japan.
Syphilis > Treatment.
Syphilis.
Surgeons.
Man-woman relationships.
Feature films.
Motion pictures.
Japan.
Drama.
Summary:"During a life-saving operation, army surgeon Fujisaki (Mifune) contaminates himself with syphilis, a disease virtually incurable in 1940s Japan. After the war, he returns to work at the hospital maintained by his obstetrician father (Shimura), but agonizes over the disease that threatens to destroy his impending marriage, while simultaneously trying to save other patients' lives -- including the man from whom he contracted the disease"--Container.

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