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.
Cast
Ayako Wakao
Nurse Sakura Nishi
Shinsuke Ashida
Dr. Okabe
Yūsuke Kawazu
Pvt. Orihara
Ranko Akagi
Head Nurse Iwashima
Jōtarō Senba
Private Sakamoto
Daihachi Kita
Pvt. Nogami
Jun Osanai
Special Duty Sergeant Major
Daigo Inoue
Advance Guard Company's Fifth Chief
Ayako Ikegami
Nurse Tsurusaki
Takashi Nakamura
Head of infantry
Kenichi Tani
Unknown
Kisao Tobita
Patient
Naomasa Kawashima
Unknown
Kyōsuke Shiho
Unknown
Shin Minatsu
Unknown
Ken Nakahara
Unknown
Shinji Sayama
Unknown
Crew
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
Ryōzō Kasahara
Screenplay
Yorichika Arima
Novel
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Shû Sakiyama
Assistant Director
Ikuo Kubodera
Producer
Shigeo Mano
Production Design
Kimio Tobita
Sound Recordist
Shozo Izumi
Lighting Technician
Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer
Tomoo Shimogawara
Art Direction
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