Belladonna of Sadness
1973MOVIEFINISHED71% Score
Synopsis
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)
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)
Overview
FormatMOVIE
StudioMushi Production
AniList Score71%
StatusFINISHED
Characters
Jeannemain
Jeanmain
Akumamain
Ryoushusupporting
Okugatasupporting
Shisaisupporting
Pierosupporting
Narratorbackground
Staff
Jules MicheletOriginal Creator
Eiichi YamamotoDirector
Kuni FukaiArt Director
Masashi FurukawaEditing
Mitsuru Kashiwabara Sound Effects
Masahiko SatouMusic
Mayumi TachibanaTheme Song Performance
Eiichi YamamotoScript
Yoshiyuki FukudaScript
Gisaburou SugiiAnimation Director
Osamu DezakiKey Animation
Reiko OkuyamaKey Animation
Tsuneo MaedaKey Animation
Shinichi TsujiKey Animation
Shuuichi SekiKey Animation
Tadakatsu YoshidaKey Animation
Yukiyoshi HaneKey Animation
Hayao NobeKey Animation
Shirou MurataKey Animation
Hiroyoshi MitsunobuKey Animation
Other Details
Native Title哀しみのベラドンナ
Aired Year1973 (SUMMER)
Source MaterialOTHER
Genres
DramaPsychological