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The Red Angel

A young army nurse finds herself torn between her duty to care for wounded soldiers and her growing feelings for a morphine-addicted doctor who is struggling to come to terms with his own impotence during the tumultuous Sino-Japanese War.

In 1939, a young army nurse named Sakura Nishi is deployed to field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war, where she helps Dr. Okabe perform a high volume of amputations. Despite the chaos, Sakura shows compassion to the wounded soldiers, including one who has lost both arms and has lost all hope of returning home. Her sympathy ultimately leads her to fall in love with Dr. Okabe, although his addiction to morphine has left him impotent.

Info about The Red Angel

Studio(s): Daiei Film

Originally Released: United States, Oct 01, 1966

Production Country: Japan

Genres:Drama, Romance, War