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[Oersted]

First, a little bit background

Belladonna of Sadness is a mind-bending, sensual story about an innocent young woman named Jeanne who makes a pact with the devil (voiced by Tatsuya Nakadai from Akira Kurosawa’s Ran).

Now watch the trailer

http://youtu.be/2WkcLMapo_Y


More info

A long lost masterpiece of psychedelic ‘70s animation is being brought back from oblivion, and now thanks to Cinelicious Pics, SpectreVision and The Cinefamily you can watch a new trailer Eiichi Yamamoto’s controversial 1973 film, Belladonna of Sadness. The provocative adult-targeted anime has been restored in 4K for its first-ever U.S. theatrical release.

The restored Belladonna of Sadness will open May 6 at the new Metrograph theater in New York, San Francisco’s Alamo Drafthouse and at The Cinefamily in Los Angeles the week of May 13, with a national roll-out to follow.

More here

http://www.animationmagazine.net/fe...r-belladonna-of-sadness-reveals-restored-gem/


Lock if old

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

That looks crazy, will watch for sure.

60s and 70s psychedelia in animation is a wonderful thing.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Looks insane. I need to see this. Hope they release it in the EU.

 

[Ridley327]

Well, I'm already sold. Now, we wait to see if the distributors consider Atlanta to be a major city!

 

[Kwixotik]

This looks extremely cool. I will definitely watch it.

 

[BearChair]

Any word of a Blu Ray release?

I live in too rural of an area to ever hope to see this in a theater.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Neat. I missed this at Fantastic Fest.

 

[King Tubby]

That's not the kind of NSFW Belladonna I was expecting.

Looks real cool. Reminds me of Vince Collins particularly Malice in Wonderland (also NSFW).

 

[Marion Cobretti]

Will watch.

 

[Ridley327]

Any word of a Blu Ray release?

I live in too rural of an area to ever hope to see this in a theater.

Cinelicious has released Blu-rays of their films, so I can't imagine why they wouldn't do it here.

 

[Wyndstryker]

I have no clue what I was watching when I clicked the trailer.

But it's definitely interesting.

 

[Oersted]

Any word of a Blu Ray release?

I live in too rural of an area to ever hope to see this in a theater.

Accompanying the release is a book from Hat & Beard and Cinelicious: Belladonna of Sadness: A Companion to the 1973 Cult Japanese Anime Film. The book features first-ever in-depth interviews with Yamamoto, illustrator Kuni Fukai and composer Satoh, plus color art reproductions and interviews with the restoration artists.

The regular and Limited Edition (including Blu-ray, poster, pins and more) of the book are available for preorder on Hat & Bear’s website.

http://hatandbeard.bigcartel.com/product/i-the-belladonna-of-sadness-i

Will provide an update as soon there is a word of the Blu Ray without book and posters.

 

[double jump]

Really cool shit.

You can preorder the book from Amazon as well. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996744738/?tag=neogaf0e-20

The LE with the bluray can only be purchased from http://www.hatandbeard.com/product/i-the-belladonna-of-sadness-i and while I'm sure it's safe I personally don't feel comfortable with sharing my cc info with that site.

 

[Doctor West]

That looks pretty damn cool. Hopefully they release just the Blu-ray without the book.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

This looks fucking incredible.

 

[FnordChan]

I can vouch for Belladonna of Sadness as being the very best kind of fucked up, psychedelic anime erotica. I am amazed it is getting any sort of a theatrical release whatsoever; sadly, I think I'd likely have to travel at least five hours to go see it theatrically, but that's not to say that I'm not giving this serious consideration. I am incredibly stoked for the Blu-ray release as well and am absoultely in for that. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

FnordChan of Happiness

 

[Dresden]

Wow, that's a surprise. It's a cool little movie.

 

[.JayZii]

This movie has some really interesting visuals, but I honestly found it a bit dull overall. I think it is worth seeing, just for the artistry alone. Be warned, it takes limited animation to another level.

I'm willing to give it another viewing, though.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Coming off The Witch, the themes in this are certainly interesting. Very cool.

 

[impact]

I really wanna see this but I don't go to theaters

gonna be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong wait

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

I really wanna see this but I don't go to theaters

gonna be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong wait

How come?

 

[Lambtron]

Cinelicious has released Blu-rays of their films, so I can't imagine why they wouldn't do it here.

They haven't for Butter on the Latch, arrrgh.

 

[B!TCH]

This is an animated movie? I can't believe I've never heard of this.

What other obscure animated films are out there and how do people find out about them?

This looks really cool

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Looks dope.

 

[Eila]

http://myanimelist.net/anime/3220/Kanashimi_no_Belladonna
Rated 7.18 on MAL, that must mean it's shit.
It's also tagged as hentai.

 

[CommandThrower]

Well.

I've never heard of this until now, but I think I need to get this. I'm really tempted to spring on the $120 limited edition, since it comes with some neat additions.

 

[Kysen]

Looks like the predecessor to "A woman named Mine Fujiko"

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Looks interesting but alas not for me, just too weird for my old eyes.

 

[Khaz]

So the normal edition is just a book, and the limited edition is the book and the bluray and stuff? How can I get the film only?

 

[impact]

How come?

too expensive for one viewing, plus I live in a small town where there's only one theater and they never get any of the special shit like this.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I love this film, there is nothing else like it.

 

[GKSilKamina]

Well that was a visually crazy trailer. Doesn't seem like the kind of movie I'd really enjoy, but I'll give it a watch for the visuals alone.

 

[Clov]

It's a very neat film, and definitely worth a watch. If you're able to catch it at a theater, definitely check it out! I'm still amazed that this ended up getting a 4K restoration+Blu-Ray release after so long.

So the normal edition is just a book, and the limited edition is the book and the bluray and stuff? How can I get the film only?

There will be a standalone Blu-Ray, details are still to be announced. I'll be pre-ordering it as soon as it goes out for sure.

 

[bomma_man]

That looks siiiick

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

too expensive for one viewing, plus I live in a small town where there's only one theater and they never get any of the special shit like this.

Makes sense.

The soundtrack to this is incredible, shades of early Pink Floyd.

 

[Arcia]

Oh yeah, this weird ass movie. I saw this years ago when someone uploaded the entire thing to YouTube. This was in the old days of YouTube before they got bought by Google though, so it was okay to put up fansubbed anime in full. I'm positive that the videos I watched have been taken down by now.

My memory of it is kind of hazy, but what I do remember is that it was absolutely bizarre and at one point there is a crazy montage and

Spoiler

a giant orgy where at some point animals are shooting out of a mans butt

. Actually, that's probably not even as strange as some other imagery in the film, but I am having trouble remembering all of it.

It was a pretty interesting film. Very stylish, but also very drawn out and slow paced.

 

[Dresden]

http://myanimelist.net/anime/3220/Kanashimi_no_Belladonna
Rated 7.18 on MAL, that must mean it's shit.
It's also tagged as hentai.

Anime fans tend to be terrible people. Except me. I'm excellent.

 

[LQX]

Man I wish animation would go back to that. Cant stand the thin body, stupid hair, cutesy shit that has infested everything.

 

[Munti]

Saw this movie years ago on TV and really enjoyed it!
You should know that not much animation is in this movie. Most of the time it only shows still images and it's quite a slow movie. But the images and the few animations are absolutely gorgeous (and the main character is really a bella donna).
It may not be for everyone but i thought it quite interesting.

 

[/XX/]

Little reminder that Cinelicious Pics' representative Craig Rogers mentioned interest in tackling further restoration projects and subsequent similar releases for the other Mushi-Pro's Animerama works, if this first one is successful:

Official Cinelicious Pics Thread - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=10679905#post10679905

So anyone interested on this film and who is able to attend a showing, please, do so to demonstrate a good support! In behalf of anyone else abroad who can't do it too!

 

[Funyarinpa]

Would love to see it but 1) I'm 16 and 2) I live in a Muslim country so it's import the DVD or bust for me.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Wish I could find more early anime like this, Angel's Egg kinda has a similar feel but not really. Not nearly enough psychedelic animation produced in that era, and if there are some other gems out there I wanna know about em.

 

[Clov]

Wish I could find more early anime like this, Angel's Egg kinda has a similar feel but not really. Not nearly enough psychedelic animation produced in that era, and if there are some other gems out there I wanna know about em.

If you're alright with short films, you may enjoy some of the independent animator Keiichi Tanaami's work.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

If you're alright with short films, you may enjoy some of the independent animator Keiichi Tanaami's work.

Very alright, thanks for the recommend!

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Visually it's reminds me of Aeon Flux and Lupin the III the tale of Fujiko. I wonder were the creators of those inspired by this

 

[blackjaw]

Yo wtf did I just watch. I saw hands turn into a vagina. Trippy.

 

[Aske]

Typical 'sexually exploited girl is 1000 year old demon' nonsense.

Seriously though, this looks amazing.

 

[petran79]

Looks insane. I need to see this. Hope they release it in the EU.

During the 70s it was screened in Germany

 

[bone_and_sinew]

I want to watch it but doing so while not tripping would be a crime.

 

[dehydratedbabies]

Thanks for posting this, I'm definitely going to check it out when it comes to NYC in May.