Kanashimi no Belladonna


Belladonna of Sadness

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Synonyms: Tragedy of Belladonna
Japanese: 哀しみのベラドンナ
English: Belladonna of Sadness
Spanish: Belladonna of Sadness
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 30, 1973
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: Discotek Media, Cinelicious Pics
Studios: Mushi Production
Source: Book
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama
Theme: HistoricalHistorical
Duration: 1 hr. 27 min.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 7.171 (scored by 1669116,691 users)
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Ranked: #36702
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Popularity: #3103
Members: 50,650
Favorites: 734

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The beautiful Jeanne marries a man named Jean, and the happy newlyweds make their way to the Lord's castle with a cow's worth of money for his blessings. However, the demonic Lord is unmoved by their offering, ignoring their desperate, impoverished pleas. The Lord's wife offers an alternative: Jeanne must become the Lord's conquest for the night in a ritual deflowering.

Scarred by the experience, the shaken Jeanne receives no sympathy from her husband. Instead, she is neglected. But as Jeanne drifts off to sleep, she is met by a strange spirit that encourages her to deliver retribution to those who wronged her. And with a mysterious surge of pleasure and an unquenching libido, Jeanne agrees.

Kanashimi no Belladonna is a captivating, psychosexual adventure that tells a story of cunning witchcraft and deceitful superstition in a poor, rural village of medieval France.

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Background

Kanashimi no Belladonna was inspired by the 1862 book La Sorcière (Satanism and Witchcraft) by French historian Jules Michelet. It is the third and final film in the Animerama trilogy conceived by Osamu Tezuka, but it is the only one to be neither written nor directed by him.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Jeanne

Jeanne

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Nagayama, Aiko
Japanese
Nagayama, Aiko
Devil

Devil

Main
Nakadai, Tatsuya
Japanese
Nakadai, Tatsuya
Jean

Jean

Main
Itou, Takao
Japanese
Itou, Takao
Clown

Clown

Supporting
Akino, Taisaku
Japanese
Akino, Taisaku
Priest

Priest

Supporting
Yonekura, Masakane
Japanese
Yonekura, Masakane
Narrator

Narrator

Supporting
Nakayama, Chinatsu
Japanese
Nakayama, Chinatsu
Lady

Lady

Supporting
Shimegi, Shigako
Japanese
Shimegi, Shigako
Lord

Lord

Supporting
Takahashi, Masaya
Japanese
Takahashi, Masaya

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Staff

Yamamoto, Eiichi
Yamamoto, Eiichi
Director, Script
Tashiro, Atsumi
Tashiro, Atsumi
Sound Director
Fukuda, Yoshiyuki
Fukuda, Yoshiyuki
Script
Nakayama, Chinatsu
Nakayama, Chinatsu
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance


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"Aoi Kagami no Naka de (青い鏡のなかで)" by Chinatsu Nakayama
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Ending Theme

 "Kanashimi no Belladonna (哀しみのベラドンナ)" by Mayumi Tachibana




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25 Recommended
10 Mixed Feelings
7 Not Recommended
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May 10, 2024
Biisoo
Recommended
Based on the Novel, La Sorciere by Jules Michelet.

Also a disclaimer, This is an X-rated film that children should steer clear from.

Let me preface by saying that this is The most unique and weird movie I've ever seen. Why that is you ask? Simply because it's filled with trippy acid visuals, A very novel and psychedelic approach to storytelling that I've never seen and it actually has minimal animation too. What I mean by that is most of the movie is just pictures that convey stuff. Yet I still think this movie managed to engage me as a viewer and I was not bored ...
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Nov 27, 2023
Szanowna_Herbata
Mixed Feelings
Bro, I hate making long reviews.

Anyway, Belladonna of Sadness is quite a masterpiece when it comes to symbolics and artstyle, but overall - not so much.
Sure it is about a woman who explores depths of her own mind and body, but I wouldn't say it's really that interesting.

Symbolics such as the devil, the whole belladonna thing and colour symbolics are really good, they actually made me interested in this whole film.
I also can't complain about the animation, it's a anime from 1973, we can't expect Studio Bones like quality. Artstyle - absolutely gorgeous, it truly made the movie stand out from ...
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Oct 18, 2023
tropika
Not Recommended
Psychedelic shitshow that sexualises sexual violence and abuse towards women. I think I made a mistake watching this because Osamu Dezaki was involved and Tatsuya Nakadai voice acted in it, lesson learnt. It's supposed to be about sexual liberation but the art is crude and brutally exploitative. The creator of this movie were probably a bunch of men with no idea the nuance of the experience of woman and their sexuality. Really unique art and watercolours used, really some of the frames were gorgeous. But tacky and gaudy execution.

I rarely write reviews, i just hate this movie so much i had to write one.
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