Belladonna of Sadness
Also known as 哀しみのベラドンナ | Kanashimi no Belladonna
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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)
Production Notes
Kanashimi no Belladonna was inspired by the 1862 book La Sorcière (Satanism and Witchcraft) by French historian Jules Michelet. It is the third and final film in the Animerama trilogy conceived by , but it is the only one to be neither written nor directed by him.
Cast Highlights
Devil
Main
Voice: Nakadai, Tatsuya (Japanese)
Jean
Main
Voice: Itou, Takao (Japanese)
Jeanne
Main
Voice: Nagayama, Aiko (Japanese)
Clown
Supporting
Voice: Akino, Taisaku (Japanese)
Lady
Supporting
Voice: Shimegi, Shigako (Japanese)
Lord
Supporting
Voice: Takahashi, Masaya (Japanese)
Narrator
Supporting
Voice: Nakayama, Chinatsu (Japanese)
Priest
Supporting
Voice: Yonekura, Masakane (Japanese)
Core Staff
Yamamoto, Eiichi
Director, Script
Tashiro, Atsumi
Sound Director
Fukuda, Yoshiyuki
Script
Aku, Yuu
Theme Song Lyrics
Nakayama, Chinatsu
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance
Tachibana, Mayumi
Theme Song Performance
Theme Songs
Openings
"Aoi Kagami no Naka de (青い鏡のなかで)" by Chinatsu Nakayama
Endings
"Kanashimi no Belladonna (哀しみのベラドンナ)" by Mayumi Tachibana
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Title Variants
English title
Belladonna of Sadness
Romaji title
Kanashimi no Belladonna
Japanese title
哀しみのベラドンナ
Synonyms
Tragedy of Belladonna
Production Team
Main studio
Mushi Production
Producers
Unknown
Licensors
Discotek Media, Cinelicious Pics
Japanese title
哀しみのベラドンナ