Yasuzo Masumura’s searing outrage didn’t abate in the 1960s; this unflinching view of the WW2 Japanese counterpart of a ‘M.A.S.H.’ unit cuts straight to the ugly truth of war, as the unending destruction of human bodies and minds. The horrors of ad hoc amputations match the behaviors of the demoralized patients. Masumura’s top muse Ayako Wakao is the traumatized battlefield nurse who becomes intimate with a surgeon who can only cope with his work by becoming a morphine addict. Excellent analysis by Rony Rayns and David Desser brings us closer to the director’s obsession with disturbing truths.
Red Angel
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1966 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 95 min. / Akai tenshi / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from / 39.95
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yusuke Kawazu, Ranko Akagi, Daihachi Kita, Takashi Nakamura.
Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi
Production Designer: Shigeo Mano
Art Director: Tomoo Shimogawara
Film Editor: Tatsuji Nakashizu
Original...
Red Angel
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1966 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 95 min. / Akai tenshi / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from / 39.95
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yusuke Kawazu, Ranko Akagi, Daihachi Kita, Takashi Nakamura.
Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi
Production Designer: Shigeo Mano
Art Director: Tomoo Shimogawara
Film Editor: Tatsuji Nakashizu
Original...
- 1/8/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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