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Synopsis
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
Cast
Shinsuke Ashida
Cast
Yūsuke Kawazu
Cast
Ranko Akagi
Cast
Jōtarō Senba
Cast
Daihachi Kita
Cast
Jun Osanai
Cast
Daigo Inoue
Cast
Ayako Ikegami
Cast
Takashi Nakamura
Cast
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
Yorichika Arima
Writer
Ryōzō Kasahara
Writer

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