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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 | ||||
Belladonna of Sadness (Japanese: 哀しみのベラドンナ, Hepburn: Kanashimi no Beradonna)[a] is a 1973 Japanese adult animated surrealist 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.
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]
- ^ a b "哀しみのベラドンナ / Sorrow of belladonna" (in Japanese). Japan Movie Database. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
製作＝虫プロ＝日本ヘラルド 1973.06.30 89分 カラー ワイド / Production = Mushi = Nippon Herald, 1973.06.30 89 minutes color wide
. - ^ Opening credits of film
- ^ "Belladonna of Sadness". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Tragedy of Belladonna". Mushi Productions. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (July 3, 2006). "Round-Up #22: Anime special". Midnight Eye. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
- ^ "15 Cult Animated Movies You Might Not Have Seen « Taste of Cinema". Tasteofcinema.com. July 27, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ Palacino, Natalia; Gaw, Mick (October 7, 2022). "Off the Radar: 'Belladonna of Sadness' paints a vivid feminist nightmare in watercolor". Washington Square News. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ Wilkinson, Alissa. "Belladonna of Sadness movie review (2016)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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