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In 1939 a young Japanese military nurse is sent to the front line during the Sino-Japanese war. Posted to a demoralised unit, she falls for an impotent, morphine-addicted surgeon. The pair seek solace in each other amid the brutality and carnage of the war.

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EAN5060103790241

eBay Product ID (ePID)53018506

Product Key Features

ActorAyako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida

Film/TV TitleRed Angel

DirectorYasuzo Masumura

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time91 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2006

FormatDVD

FeaturesTheatrical Trailer,\Photo Gallery,\Director Biography, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreThriller, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Additional InformationIn influential Japanese director Yasuzo MasumuraÆs RED ANGEL--set during the Sino-Japanese war--young Japanese military nurse Sakura Nishi (Ayako Wakao) is sent to the front line as a result of registering a complaint after she was assaulted by her patients. Sakura is posted to a demoralised unit where she assists the surgeon Dr Okabe (Shinsuke Ashida) in treating the wounded Japanese soldiers and amputating the limbs of a number of them. Sakura begins to fall in love with Dr Okabe who has become impotent due to his morphine addiction--a drug he uses in order in order to block out the pain of the carnage surrounding him. War veteran MasumuraÆs 1966 film is a stark and hard-hitting affair and his films undoubtedly had an impact on the Japanese New Wave and more extreme Japanese directors, such as Takashi Miike. The film is an adaptation of a novel by Arima Yorichika and shows the horrors of war in a bleak and graphic manner--something rarely seen in 1960s cinema--and the film still carries a forceful impact.

ReviewsThe Guardian - A masterpiece ...an unforgetable journey., Sight & Sound - A director straining against all limits., Guardian Guide - Imagine if a cutting edge Asian film-maker such as Miike Takashi or Park Chan-Wook had been transported back to the 1960's and genetically spliced with Douglas Sirk. Sounds incredible, but that's probably the only way your brain will accept such stunning movies., Ontario Cinematheque - A legendary work of sixties Japanese Cinema.

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleRed Angel

Consumer AdviceContains strong sex and violence.