Red Angel (1966)
赤い天使
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
- Date of release
- 1966-10-01
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (69)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- War, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Yasuzō Masumura
Casting
- Ayako Wakao — Nurse Sakura Nishi
- Shinsuke Ashida — Dr. Okabe
- Yūsuke Kawazu — Pvt. Orihara
- Ranko Akagi — Head Nurse Iwashima
- Jōtarō Senba — Private Sakamoto
- Daihachi Kita — Pvt. Nogami
- Jun Osanai — Special Duty Sergeant Major
- Daigo Inoue — Advance Guard Company's Fifth Chief
- Ayako Ikegami — Nurse Tsurusaki
- Takashi Nakamura — Head of infantry
- Kenichi Tani
- Kisao Tobita — Patient
Interesting facts
Red Angel is a 1966 Japanese drama war film directed by Yasuzō Masumura. It tells the story of a young Japanese nurse on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is based on a 1966 novel of the same name by Yoriyoshi Arima.
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