Monster (2023): When the Truth Is Not in the Telling but in the Seeing
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.
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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.
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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.
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Genre:War, Drama, Romance
Written By:Ryōzō Kasahara
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Daiei Film
Cast
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
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
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