BELLADONNA OF SADNESS [BLU-RAY]

Details

• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Animation, Anime, Fantasy
• Plot: One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, Belladonna of Sadness is the last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (Astro Boy & Kimba The White Lion). An innocent young woman, Jeanne is violently raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire. If Led Zeppelin had a favorite film, this would be it. In other words, Stairway to Hell.;
• Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô, Aiko Nagayama, Shigako Shimegi, Masaya Takahashi, Natsuka Yashiro, Masakane Yonekura, Eiichi Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Jules Michelet, Osamu Tezuka, Masahiko Satô, Yû Aku, Asei Kobayashi, Mayumi Tachibana, Gisaburô Sugii
• Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
• Runtime: 1:27
• Company: Nippon Herald Films Inc., Mushi Productions, Cinelicious Pics
• Media Format: Movie