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.

• DirectorAkira Kurosawa
• Release19 March 1949
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 35m
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  7.3
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• Productions

  Daiei Film