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Red Angel

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Sakura Nishi (Ayako Wakao) is a nurse working at a remote Japanese hospital, treating soldiers wounded in the second Sino-Japanese War. As Sakura does what little she can to comfort men with wounds often too severe for the under-staffed hospital to handle, she begins to fall in love with one of the doctors, Okabe (Shinsuke Ashida). When Dr. Okabe decides to leave the hospital in order to treat soldiers still in battle, Sakura agrees to head into the fighting with him.

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Jul 3, 2025
6
Although straddling the line between exploitation and crime noir, and in a style that feels dated today, “Angel Guts: Red Flash” has enough appeal to satisfy fans of both genres while it is definitely entertaining, almost from beginning to end. Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Feb 25, 2022
3.5/4
a raw, bloody, uncompromised drama that takes as its central subject the destruction of humanity as seen through the mutilated soldiers and the psychically scarred medical personnel who must attend to them Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog Feb 20, 2022
3.5/4
If his film isn't as hallucinogenic as, say, Elem Klimov's Come and See, it ranks among the most uncompromising antiwar films. Go to Full Review
Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness Jan 19, 2022
It's a film which wears its pain out in the open, shielding none from the physical and mental violence impacting all who take part in war. Go to Full Review
Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Jan 14, 2022
A stark and unflinching portrait of life working in a field hospital during World War II Go to Full Review
Don Willmott Filmcritic.com Apr 24, 2007
3.5/5
one of the more powerful anti-war films you'll ever see. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Yasuzo Masumura

Director

Ayako Wakao

Nurse Sakura Nishi

Shinsuke Ashida

Dr. Okabe

Yusuke Kawazu

Pvt. Orihara

Ranko Akagi

Nurse Iwashima

Ayako Ikegami

Nurse Tsurusaki

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Movie Info

Synopsis Sakura Nishi (Ayako Wakao) is a nurse working at a remote Japanese hospital, treating soldiers wounded in the second Sino-Japanese War. As Sakura does what little she can to comfort men with wounds often too severe for the under-staffed hospital to handle, she begins to fall in love with one of the doctors, Okabe (Shinsuke Ashida). When Dr. Okabe decides to leave the hospital in order to treat soldiers still in battle, Sakura agrees to head into the fighting with him.
Director
Yasuzo Masumura
Producer
Ikuo Kubodera
Screenwriter
Yoriyoshi Arima, Ryozo Kasahara
Distributor
Fantoma
Production Co
Daiei Studios
Genre
War
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 1, 1971, Original
Runtime
1h 45m
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