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Red Angel

19667.6 / 1095 min

War, Drama, Romance

Overview

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

Naomasa Kawashima

Kyōsuke Shiho

Shin Minatsu

Ken Nakahara

Shinji Sayama

Crew

Yasuzō Masumura

Director

Yorichika Arima

Novel

Ryōzō Kasahara

Screenplay

Shozo Izumi

Lighting Technician

Tomoo Shimogawara

Art Direction

Setsuo Kobayashi

Director of Photography

Shigeo Mano

Production Design

Tatsuji Nakashizu

Editor

Sei Ikeno

Original Music Composer

Shû Sakiyama

Assistant Director

Ikuo Kubodera

Producer

Kimio Tobita

Sound Recordist