Red Angel

Red Angel — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 1, 1966
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• War, Drama, Romance
• Director
• Yasuzō Masumura

Red Angel — Cast

Ayako Wakao Nurse Sakura Nishi Shinsuke Ashida Dr. Okabe Yūsuke Kawazu Pvt. Orihara

R

Ranko Akagi Head Nurse Iwashima Jōtarō Senba Private Sakamoto

D

Daihachi Kita Pvt. Nogami Jun Osanai Special Duty Sergeant Major

D

Daigo Inoue Advance Guard Company's Fifth Chief