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Belladonna of Sadness (movie)

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Alternative title:
A Tragédia de Belladonna (Portuguese)
Belladonna
Kanashimi no Belladonna (Japanese)
La Sorcière (French)
Tragedy of Belladonna
哀しみのベラドンナ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, erotica, romance
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: 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. Experimental watercolor animation style based on Medieval European witchcraft legends and illustrations.
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User Ratings: 137 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Excellent: 28 votes (sub:24, raw:3, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 24 votes (sub:22, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 27 votes (sub:25, dub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 21 votes (sub:18, raw:1, ?:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 210 users, rank: #3855 (of 10257)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.015 (Good), std. dev.: 2.3303, rank: #3819 (of 10429)
Weighted mean: 7.040 (Good), rank: #3550 (of 10429) (seen all: 7.09 / seen some: 10.00 / won't finish: 1.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.075 (Good), rank: #3244 (of 7916)
Running time: 89 minutes
Vintage: 1973-06
Premiere date:
1973-06-30 (Japan)
1977-08-01 (Spain)
2016-06-24 (UK, Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Kanashimi no Belladonna" by Mayumi Tachibana
Official website:
Arbelos Film Distribution
Fandor
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Belladonna of Sadness (Jun 17, 2016)
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Press Releases:
Cinelicious Pics, SpectreVision, and The Cinefamily Team To Present 4K Restoration of Japanese Anime Feature Belladonna of Sadness (1973) (Aug 25, 2015)
Cinelicious Pics To Restore Belladonna of Sadness For U.S. Release (Oct 30, 2014)
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Blu-ray
    Belladonna of Sadness - [4K] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-05-28
Blu-ray (Region A)
    Belladonna of Sadness (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-07-12
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Belladonna of Sadness [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2017-06-26

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Screenplay:
Eiichi Yamamoto
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Music: Masahiko Satoh
Original creator: Jules Michelet
Art Director: Kuni Fukai
Animation Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro
Producer:
Keiko Koike
Makoto Motohashi
Osamu Tezuka 
Tadami Watanabe
Teruaki Yoshida

Animation Assistant:
Kamakiri Uno
Seiichi Hayashi
Editing: Masashi Furukawa
In-Between Animation:
Haruhiko Iwasaki
Jiro Saruyama
Junji Kobayashi
Kazuo Ushikoshi
Takashi Yoshihashi
Yukiya Chida
Key Animation:
Chikao Katsui
Hayao Nobe
Hirochika Mitsunobu
Kimoyu Fukata
Osamu Dezaki
Reiko Kitagawa
Shinichi Tsuji
Shirō Murata
Shūichi Seki
Tadakatsu Yoshida
Tsuneo Maeda
Yukiyoshi Hane
Photography:
Kōichirō Miyasaka
Kōji Kumagai
Masaaki Fujita
Masao Miyauchi
Masatoshi Shibata
Shigeru Yamazaki
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Vocals: Mayumi Tachibana
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Mushi Production
Distributor: Nippon Herald Film Group
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Production: Mushi Production
Sound Effects: T.E.O.
English staff
English cast
Additional Restoration Material: Marianne Marfoutine
Additional Restoration Material Provider: Nicola Mazzanti
Commentary: Mike Toole (Discotek UHD, Blu-ray)
D.I. Conform Editor: Zach Rogers
DCP Authoring: Trevor Dauten
Director Of Acquisitions: David Marriott (Cinelicious Pics)
Distribution Coordinator:
Ei Toshinari (Cinelicious Pics)
Malin Kan (Cinelicious Pics)
EVP Of Acquisitions & Distribution: Dennis Bartok (Cinelicious Pics)
Film Scanning Supervisor: Tyler Fagerstrom
Lead Restoration Artist: Craig Rogers
Remastering Colorist: Caitlin Diaz
Restoration Artist: Michael Coronado
Restoration Project Supervisor: Paul Korver
Special Thanks To:
Chiaki Yanagimoto (Cinelicious Pics)
Daniel Noah (Cinelicious Pics)
Eiichi Yamamoto (Cinelicious Pics)
Elijah Wood (Cinelicious Pics)
Hadrian Belove (Cinelicious Pics)
Kuni Fukai (Cinelicious Pics)
Kurando Mistutake (Cinelicious Pics) 
Kurando Mitsutake (Cinelicious Pics)
Marcus Herring (Cinelicious Pics)
Masahiko Satoh (Cinelicious Pics)
Oki Miyano (Cinelicious Pics)
(none)
English companies
4K Scanning/Restoration: Cinelicious Pics
Additional Restoration Material Provider: Cinematek
Broadcaster: Turner Classic Movies
Distributor: Cinelicious Pics (Region 1) 
Internet Streaming:
Criterion Channel (via Cinelicious Pics)
Fandor
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; April 2021)
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Arbelos (2018)
Discotek Media (2023; NA)
Restoration Support:
SpectreVision
The Cinefamily
Special Thanks:
Gold View Co., Ltd.
Mushi Production
French staff
French companies
(none)
Licensed by: Eurozoom (France)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Mercurio Films (Spain; subtitled)
Internet Streaming: Filmin (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Rapid Eye Movies (REM)
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Versátil Home Vídeo (DVD)
Portuguese cast
(none)
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