Red Angel (1966)

Original title

赤い天使

Directed by

Yasuzō Masumura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

16

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Japanese nurse serves on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. She tends to wounded soldiers and experiences the horrors and intimacy of war.

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What happens

Red Angel (赤い天使, Akai Tenshi) is a 1966 Japanese drama war film directed by Yasuzō Masumura. It tells the story of a young Japanese nurse on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is based on a 1966 novel of the same name by Yoriyoshi Arima (ja). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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