Belladonna of Sadness

Kanashimi no Beradona

Japan

1973

93 Min

Color

Japanese

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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SCR Jules Michelet, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Eiichi Yamamoto

CAST Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Ito, Aiko Nagayama, Shiganoya Bendo, Masaya Takahashi, Natsuka Yoshiro, Masakane Yonekura

ANIM Gisaburō Sugii

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One of the greatest animations ever made, a surreal psychosexual epic centered around the narrative of a woman trapped in an brutally oppressive society finally finding liberation and sexual empowerment by embracing the supposed 'evils' of nature and paganism. 70s excess at its finest, striking images of shape-shifting orgies and vaginal violation set against political commentary praising revolution and rebellion.