The Quiet Duel (1949)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Sōichi Aisaka
95 min58 frames
Drama
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What is The Quiet Duel about?
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.
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What does the cinematography of The Quiet Duel look like?
Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Quiet Duel leans heavily on medium shots (74% of the sample). Cinematographer Sōichi Aisaka keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 43% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 64% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of The Quiet Duel?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Quiet Duel (1949) are #050505, #8c8c8c, #2e2e2d, #4b4b4b, #cdcdcd, #6d6d6d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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