A doctor who contracted syphilis from a patient wrestles with desire and responsibility in Kurosawa’s post-war drama.
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No Regrets for Our Youth (わが青春に悔なし, Akira Kurosawa, 1946)
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Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
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