The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.
Direction
Masumura's surgical precision on human weakness.
Acting
Hitomi Nozoe's ferocious, wounded performance.
Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's economic boom, it interrogates whether prosperity was healing wounds or creating new ones.
Masumura allegedly cast Nozoe after seeing her cry on command for 45 minutes straight in an audition.
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