Red Angel
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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.
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Cast
17 people
Ayako Wakao
Nurse Sakura Nishi
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Shinsuke Ashida
Dr. Okabe
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Yūsuke Kawazu
Pvt. Orihara
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Ranko Akagi
Head Nurse Iwashima
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Jōtarō Senba
Private Sakamoto
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Daihachi Kita
Pvt. Nogami
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Jun Osanai
Special Duty Sergeant Major
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Daigo Inoue
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Ayako Ikegami
Nurse Tsurusaki
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Takashi Nakamura
Head of infantry
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Kenichi Tani
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Kisao Tobita
Patient
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Yasuzō Masumura Director · Ryōzō Kasahara Screenplay Yorichika Arima Author
First release October 1, 1966 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
赤い天使
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 1, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 8, 1969 · Theatrical
Taiwan
January 10, 2026 · Premiere · TFAI - Love, Death & Rebels: The Japanese New Wave
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