Yasuzo MASUMURA

The Red Angel

赤い天使

Nippon Retro   ² 

During the Second Sino-Japanese war, nurse Sakura (Ayako WAKAO) is assigned to the front. Her ideals are instantly put to the test: the wounded can hardly be treated and she has to fight off the attacks of morally corrupted soldiers. Only the drug-addicted doctor Okabe offers some solace. MASUMURA’s war movie foregoes depictions of battle scenes, conveying the horrors of war by the claustrophobic confined space of the field hospital.

赤い天使
Akai tenshi

Japan 1966

95 minutes

Director
Yasuzo MASUMURA

Script
Ryozo KASAHARA based on a novel by Yorichika ARIMA

Cinematography
Setsuo KOBAYASHI

Production
Daiei

World sales
KADOKAWA

Cast
Ayako WAKAO, Shinsuke ASHIDA, Yusuke KAWAZU, Ranko AKAGI, Ayako IKEGAMI

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