
A Farewell to Arms(1957)
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.


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.

Ayako Wakao
Nurse Sakura Nishi

Shinsuke Ashida
Dr. Okabe

Yūsuke Kawazu
Pvt. Orihara
Ranko Akagi
Head Nurse Iwashima
Jōtarō Senba
Private Sakamoto
Daihachi Kita
Pvt. Nogami

Jun Osanai
Special Duty Sergeant Major
Daigo Inoue
Advance Guard Company's Fifth Chief
Ayako Ikegami
Nurse Tsurusaki

Takashi Nakamura
Head of infantry
Red Angel is a war, drama, romance film released in 1966 exploring themes of nurse, amputation, military hospital, military nurse. Directed by Yasuzō Masumura, it stars Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yūsuke Kawazu. 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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