Belladonna of Sadness
1973 Japanese anime art film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, Kanashimi no Beradonna)[lower-alpha 1] is a 1973 Japanese adult animated art film produced by the animation studio Mushi Production and distributed by Nippon Herald Films. It is the third and final entry in Mushi Production's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, following A Thousand and One Nights (1969) and Cleopatra (1970). It follows the story of Jeanne, a peasant woman who makes a faustian deal with the devil after she is raped by the local nobility on the night of her wedding day.
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Kanji | 哀しみのベラドンナ | ||||
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Directed by | Eiichi Yamamoto | ||||
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Based on | Satanism and Witchcraft by Jules Michelet | ||||
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Narrated by | Chinatsu Nakayama[1] | ||||
Cinematography | Shigeru Yamazaki | ||||
Edited by | Masashi Furukawa | ||||
Music by | Masahiko Satoh | ||||
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Distributed by | Nippon Herald Films | ||||
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Running time | 86 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
Although its initial release was a commercial failure and caused the studio to go bankrupt, the film was considered a cult film in retrospective years.[6] It is notable for its erotic, religious, violent, and psychedelic imagery, with its tackling themes of misogyny, feudal oppression, moral depravity, rebellion, and witch-hunting.[7][8]