Title: Red Cross: Enlistment Notices for Women
Douban score: 7.6
Imdb rating: 7.7
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
Main Cast:
Nanako Matsuba / Hidetoshi Nishiki / Akira Takanashi / Yuki Shibamoto / Ayaka Kudo / Kunihiro Hijita / Makiko Toriki / Toranosuke Kato / Kei Higasa / Honami Kurago / Yoshito Takamura / Rurito Nakamura / Ryofu Ichimura / Ryofu Hara / Satoshi Takada / Makoto Teki / Tomoko Inoue / Rina Matsuba / Keiko Yamaguchi / Marina Fukuyoshi / Chirin Abe / Yuki Imamura / Mayu Ura / Hiroko Nakajima / Ryoko Asame / Satoshi Hashimoto / Hidekazu Akai / Yu Yoshi / Shofukutei 鹤 / Tsutomu Yamazaki
Genre: Drama / History / War
Country/District: Japan
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Saga's schoolgirl, Hidai (Naoko Matsushima), resolutely chose to become a nurse in the army. After arduous training, she received her application letter on the occasion of graduation, so she rushed to distant Manchuria with a group of women with lofty ideals. Who knows that the cruelty of reality quickly shattered her ideals, and she returned to her motherland in frustration, and then returned to Manchuria like a bird out of cage, and married Nakagawa (Hidetoshi Nishijima) of the pioneer group and had children. Not long after, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and the Sino-Japanese War officially began. The small family is torn apart by the clutches of war, Nakagawa enlists in the army, Hidai is busy caring for the wounded, and their children leave their parents prematurely to taste the hardships of life. Hidai never imagined that this was such a cruel and long parting of life and death...
Similar to the German "Our Fathers", the experience of several protagonists runs through a large historical stage, which can be called a serious and good film. The plot starts from small people, but although it is a small person, it still has a lofty Red Cross ideal, and it should be like this to see the big in a small way. The Red Cross is an eternal theme, under which there are multiple layers of interpretations and conflicts, such as saving lives and helping the wounded, and whether or not to treat the enemy equally. For example, if you are loyal to the motherland, you will not be loyal if you are captured. And because I do field ambulance, I can leave the front line, and I also provide the ability to eat, so that the protagonists can experience so many wars. If you are shaping the image of a soldier, then you must become a general to live so long.
As Dr. Ohtake said, when war comes, everything becomes illusory.
This is the best anti-war film and television work to watch this year.
I can feel the profundity of introspection, and in fact I think that this kind of introspection, looking at war from the perspective of a small person, is far more appealing than preaching, verbal criticism, and accusations.
2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. This film premiered on August 1 of this year.
Hopefully, there will be more Chinese, and Japanese people can see this film.
There are no winners in wars, and suffering always belongs to the people.
Finally, I would like to praise Naoko Matsushima and the actor who played Dr. Ohtake.