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Belladonna of Sadness

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973 Language: Japanese

Starring: Aiko Nagayama, Masaya Takahashi, Shigako Shimegi, Takao Ito, Tatsuya Nakadai

Psychedelic animated feature from the LSD side of things, and almost water-coloured in aesthetics. An innocent attacked gets magical revenge. A pivotal moment in animation, long forgotten but now hailed as the genius work it is – you gotta see it.

Trigger Warning: rape scenes

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