Belladonna of Sadness

Based On the book by Jules Michelet

Belladonna of Sadness (Japanese: 哀しみのベラドンナ, Hepburn: Kanashimi no Beradonna) is a 1973 Japanese adult animated drama film produced by Mushi Production and distributed by Nippon Herald Films. It is the third and final installment in the studio's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, following A Thousand and One Nights (1969) and Cleopatra (1970). Set in a stylized medieval European setting and inspired in part by the French work Satanism and Witchcraft by Jules Michelet, the film reflects the studio’s late-period shift toward experimental, artistically oriented feature animation for adult audiences. The narrative follows Jeanne, a peasant woman whose life is shattered after she is sexually assaulted by local feudal authorities on the night of her wedding.

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Release date:

1973

Director:

Eiichi Yamamoto

Cast:

Tatsuya Nakadai, Masakane Yonekura

Genre:

Adult animated

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1973 in adaptations