A dedicated doctor working at a field 
hospital contracts syphilis from a patient 
during surgery. Forced by this condition 
to live chaste, he breaks his engagement 
with his fiance. The agony and inner 
conflict the young doctor encounters is 
depicted on screen with Kurosawa's 
descriptive originality. The film was 
named "Tsumi Naki Batsu" while the 
script was being written,