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Red Angel

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Original title

Akai tenshi (Red Angel)

Year

1966

Running time

95 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Yasuzô Masumura

Screenwriter

Ryozo Kasahara. Novel: Yoriyoshi Arima

Cast

Music

Sei Ikeno

Cinematography

Setsuo Kobayashi (B&W)

Producer

Daiei Studios

Genre

Drama. War. Romance | 1930s. China-Japan War (II). II World War

Synopsis

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.

Rankings Position

#39 Best War Movies/War Film
#44 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War
#65 Best Japanese Movies of all time
#93 Best Romantic Movies in the history of film

Critics' reviews

"Extraordinary."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader

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Red Angel

1966

Yasuzô Masumura

7.6

(523)