Red Angel
E817233
Red Angel is a 1966 Japanese war drama film in which Ayako Wakao portrays a nurse confronting the horrors and moral ambiguities of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese war drama film
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film ⓘ |
| ageRating | adult audiences ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Yorichika Arima ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Setsuo Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Yasuzō Masumura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorStyle | Yasuzō Masumura’s critical view of Japanese militarism ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Daiei Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tatsuji Nakashizu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresConflict | Imperial Japanese Army vs Chinese forces ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| hasFilmPoster | Red Angel 1966 Japanese poster ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
frontline field hospitals
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military nursing ⓘ opium addiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| laterScreenings | international film festivals ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays | Ayako Wakao as Sakura Nishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nurse Sakura Nishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Seitarō Ōmori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frank treatment of sexuality in wartime
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graphic depiction of battlefield surgery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Akai Tenshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese New Wave era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
horrors of war
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moral ambiguities of wartime medicine ⓘ |
| producer | Daiei Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Daiei Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-10-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ryōzō Kasahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| settingPlace | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ayako Wakao
NERFINISHED
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Shinsuke Ashida NERFINISHED ⓘ Yūsuke Kawazu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion amid brutality
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guilt and responsibility ⓘ sexual violence in war ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| title | Red Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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