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Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto · Cinematography by Shigeru Yamazaki

86 min46 frames

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A soul wandering in love… Belladonna, a flower that blooms with the sap of tears…

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: closeup — A minimalist, hand-drawn animation frame shows a stylized female face against an empty…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: wide — A massive, dark, dripping structure floats against a vibrant violet and blue gradient sky. Sharp,…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: closeup — A watercolor painting depicts two faces kissing in the center of the frame. Surrounding the…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: fullbody — A dark, abstract void is illuminated by an intense vertical column of magenta light. A single…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: closeup — An inverted anime-style drawing depicts a woman's face surrounded by flowing pink watercolor…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: medium — A flat watercolor painting features two stylized figures centered against a field of color blots.…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: wide — A minimalist line drawing shows a shepherd walking through a grassy field. Tall cypress trees and…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: fullbody — A stark white, empty void contains a single standing figure. The figure displays geometric,…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: wide — A crowd of women marches along a dirt road with pikes and tools. They are pulling a small wheeled…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: closeup — An abstract background features layered shades of grey ink wash textures. A single pale hand…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: A deeply intimate and sorrowful portrait of a young woman rendered in a delicate, painterly illustration…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: fullbody — A stylized interior space features dark, arched alcoves and a monochrome checkered floor.…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: medium — A figure stands against a watercolor-style olive and off-white abstract background. The woman…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: wide — A watercolor landscape features sharp mountain peaks above rolling layers of green mist. A lone…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: closeup — A stylized 2D ink and watercolor drawing depicts a woman's face. A line of small, hand-drawn…Belladonna of Sadness (1973) movie still: medium — The background consists of abstract watercolor brushwork in shades of dark brown and black. A…
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What is Belladonna of Sadness about?

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.

Belladonna of Sadness is a 1973 Japanese adult animated drama film produced by Mushi Production and distributed by Nippon Herald Films. It is the third and final installment in the studio's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, following A Thousand and One Nights (1969) and Cleopatra (1970). Set in a stylized medieval European setting and inspired in part by the French work Satanism and Witchcraft by Jules Michelet, the film reflects the studio’s late-period shift toward experimental, artistically oriented feature animation for adult audiences.

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What does the cinematography of Belladonna of Sadness look like?

Sampled across 46 frames, the coverage of Belladonna of Sadness leans on close-ups (50% of the sample) and wide compositions (17%). Cinematographer Shigeru Yamazaki keeps 43% of it in high-key light. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 98% of the frames.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Belladonna of Sadness (1973) are #f6f5f3, #d6d2ce, #302b2f, #090809, #f1edd7, #2d1230 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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