Belladonna of Sadness

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Anime English Name: Belladonna of Sadness

Anime Native Name: 哀しみのベラドンナ

Status: N/A

Episode Count: 1

Genres: Drama, Psychological

Release Date: 1973

Duration: 89 mins

Country: JP

Average Score: 70%

Description

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)

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Main Staff

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Eiichi Yamamoto

Role: Director

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Osamu Tezuka

Role: Producer

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Jules Michelet

Role: Original Creator

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Osamu Dezaki

Role: Key Animation