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473 Ratings

RED ANGEL

Akai tenshi

Directed by Yasuzô Masumura
Japan, 1966
Drama, War, Romance
  • 9595 minutes

Synopsis

1939. Sakura Nishi finds herself fighting a losing battle tending to shell-shocked soldiers when she’s dispatched to a hospital on the frontline of Japan’s war with China. As the Chinese troops close in, she becomes drawn to head surgeon Dr. Okabe who has retreated into his morphine addiction.

Synopsis

1939. Sakura Nishi finds herself fighting a losing battle tending to shell-shocked soldiers when she’s dispatched to a hospital on the frontline of Japan’s war with China. As the Chinese troops close in, she becomes drawn to head surgeon Dr. Okabe who has retreated into his morphine addiction.