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Belladonna of Sadness

Belladonna of Sadness(1973)

🙂 71%

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.

(Sources: ANN, Wikipedia)

Anime details
Format
MOVIE
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
89 minutes
Status
finished
Start Date
Jun 30, 1973
End Date
Jun 30, 1973
Season
summer 1973
Average Score
70%
Mean Score
71%
Popularity
17831
Favorites
686
Studios
Mushi Production
Producers
Source
OTHER
Genres
Drama, Psychological
Romaji
Kanashimi no Belladonna
English
Belladonna of Sadness
Native
哀しみのベラドンナ
Synonyms
The Tragedy of Belladonna

Characters

Jeanne
MAIN
Aiko Nagayama
JAPANESE
Jean
MAIN
Takao Itou
JAPANESE
Ryoushu
SUPPORTING
Masaya Takahashi
JAPANESE
Okugata
SUPPORTING
Shigaku Shimegi
JAPANESE
Narrator
BACKGROUND
Chinatsu Nakayama
JAPANESE
Akuma
MAIN
Tatsuya Nakadai
JAPANESE
Shisai
SUPPORTING
Masakane Yonekura
JAPANESE
Piero
SUPPORTING
Taisaku Akino
JAPANESE

Trailer

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