Belladonna of Sadness
Kanashimi no Beradona
MS16
Genre
Drama, Animation, Fantasy
Director
Eiichi Yamamoto
Run time
1h 29min
The beautiful peasant woman Jeanne is raped by a demonic overlord on her wedding night. Spurned by her husband, she has no outlet for her awakened libido, which develops to give her powers of witchcraft. The film is inspired by Jules Michelet's non-fiction book "Satanism and Witchcraft", it is the third and final film in the Animerama trilogy, and the only one to be neither written nor directed by Osamu Tezuka.
Genre
Drama, Animation, Fantasy
Director
Eiichi Yamamoto
Run time
1h 29min
The beautiful peasant woman Jeanne is raped by a demonic overlord on her wedding night. Spurned by her husband, she has no outlet for her awakened libido, which develops to give her powers of witchcraft. The film is inspired by Jules Michelet's non-fiction book "Satanism and Witchcraft", it is the third and final film in the Animerama trilogy, and the only one to be neither written nor directed by Osamu Tezuka.
Info
Rating
Under 16 Not Recommended
Production year
1973
Global distributor
-
Local distributor
Otaku MTÜ
In cinema
5/6/2013