The Quiet Duel (1949)

Toshirô Mifune: Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

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• Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : I thought I could forget everything when she married. But I can't!

  [He walks over to the window] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : I'm fighting desperately now to curb my desires. I feel sorry for myself. Young and fastidious before the war, I suppressed it. It was the same during the war. The thought of Misao and a peaceful home sustained me!

  [His voice chokes, and he sits down on the couch] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : But one day, without having fooled around myself, my blood was contaminated by a man's diseased blood!

  [He angrily kicks over the chair] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : If I'd known it would happen... it makes me think sometimes!

  [He gets up again] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : I don't know when I can satisfy my desires!

  [He turns towards Rui] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : Why must I suffer like this? I have syphilis! But it's not my fault or the result of playing around!"

  [He begins to cry] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : I'm pure yet my desires unfulfilled! It's intolerable sometimes! But my conscience tries to crush out my physical desires.

  [He throws his stethoscope] 

  Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki : My stupid conscience!