Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
June 30, 1973Release Date
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
June 30, 1973Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Aiko Nagayama
Jeanne
Tatsuya Nakadai
The Devil (voice)
Takao Ito
Jean (voice)
Chinatsu Nakayama
Narrator
Masaya Takahashi
The Lord
Masakane Yonekura
The Priest
Natsuka Yashiro
The Witch (voice)
Katsuyuki Itô
Jean
Shigako Shimegi
The Lord's Mistress
Masaaki Tsukada
Walla
Hatsuo Yamaya
Walla
Reiko Niimura
Walla
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director
Eiichi Yamamoto
Director
Jules Michelet
Writer
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Writer
Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Sound Effects
Hayao Nobe
Key Animation
Shigeru Yamazaki
Cinematography
Tadakatsu Yoshida
Key Animation
Osamu Tezuka
Producer
Chikao Katsui
Key Animation
Tadami Watanabe
Producer
Hirochika Mitsunobu
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 30, 1973
Original Name哀しみのベラドンナ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Genres
Wiki.
Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, Kanashimi no Beradonna) 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.
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. 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.