Red Angel

赤い天使

1966·95'

Yasuzō Masumura

DramaWarRomance

Japanese

Letterboxd TMDB #90560

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.

Cast

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