Kanashimi no Belladonna
Alt titles: Belladonna of Sadness
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In medieval Europe, the peasants Jeanne and Jean are in love. But when they finally decide to marry, Jean discovers he is required to pay a tax to the baron; and having insufficient means to pay, Jeanne is raped by the baron instead. After this traumatizing event, Jeanne is drawn by the Devil into a forbidden, occult world of power and lust. Witchcraft, orgies, assaults and surrealism abound in this erotic, psychedelic arthouse film.
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1001 Nights
- Movie
- 1998
Princess Budu sleeps, and dreams. She dreams of whimsical fairies and a wicked, restless beastial spirit. Her dream is one unmoored from identity and self - perhaps she is the fairy, perhaps those other fairies are other persons also. Also moving through her dream, always recurring in her thoughts is her lover Prince Kamar. The beastial spirit desires Budu; Kamar desires Budu, and she only has eyes for Kamar. Through her dream she floats and fades across an Arabian fantasia of minarets and mosques. These flickering moments, fleeting snatches of slumbered thought, are filled with an intoxicating, ethereal beauty.
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add recBoth of these are works of visceral, ethereal beauty which feature in part a woman being menaced by a black, devilish figure. Both are somewhat eclectic in their animation styles, and use sketches on occasion. Belladonna is far more disturbing, twisted, and features 70s rock rather than 1001 Nights' dreamlike classical score. Nonetheless, aesthetically they are appealling for very similar reasons.
Both anime have stunning beauty in their abstract art styles and have a woman being menaced by devil figures in their lives. Belladonna is more disturbing with the story than 1001 Nights. If you liked one check out the other as they seem to have been made for each other.
Midori
- Movie
- 1992
Midori is a young girl who sells flowers until her mother dies, leaving her an orphan. She’s conned by a freak show manager into joining his troupe, but once there she sees a shocking variety of deformed people and is occasionally the victim of their depravity. Midori’s situation changes, however, when a mysterious dwarf with a unique magical act joins the freak show. This dwarf is able to put himself through a bottleneck into a glass jar – and that is not the extent of his powers. Midori falls in love with the dwarf, but his ambitions and jealousy will have further unpleasant consequences...
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add recGankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Albert de Morcerf had it all: wealth, loving parents, great friends. The only thing lacking in his life was excitement... until that fateful day on Luna. After a chance encounter with bandits and a daring rescue, Albert invites his newfound friend and savior, the Count of Monte Cristo, to his home in Paris. Little does he know what fate has in store for him and his loved ones. Just who is the mysterious Count, and what does he want? As tragedy touches the lives of those around him, can Albert’s only recourse be to wait and hope?
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add recA recommendation as one can see Belladonna influenced the visual style of Gankutsuou in many ways, with the way textures and psychadelic images are used.
Shigurui
- TV (12 eps)
- 2007
- Summer 2007
In the 6th year of the Kan'ei era, people enjoy a time of peace; skilled swordsmen are revered and respected, and their lives are their own. Amidst the tranquility, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaka decides, for his own amusement, to hold a fighting tournament in which real swords are used - though laws forbid their use. In a match to the death two highly-skilled swordsmen face off: the one-armed Fujiki Gennosuke, and the blind Iraki Seigen. As they take their respective stances, flashbacks paint a picture of the duo’s past and battle wounds; and thus, the real story begins...
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add recBoth Kanashimi no Belladonna and Shigurui are disturbing as part of their uncompromising artistic visions. Both feature uncomfortable brutality towards women in particular, and in each case the brutality is part of their indictment of repressive feudal autocracy. While Shigurui is obstensibly the more grounded of the two - lacking any metaphysical element - the feudal lord in Shigurui is even more monstrous and inhuman than the skull-headed baron of Belladonna.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena
Alt titles: Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku
- Movie
- 1999
Utena Tenjou has just arrived at the prestigious Ohtori Academy, and not long after her arrival, she receives "the mark of the rose" and becomes a duelist. She is then thrust into a series of battles with other duelists to win her friend Anthy, who is known the Rose Bride. The winning duelist will not only receive Anthy, but also the revolutionary power that she holds! Utena must now do everything she can to protect Anthy while trying to figure out the secrets behind Ohtori Academy and the Rose Bride before it’s too late.
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add recBoth have psychadellic qualities and an abstract storytelling styles. And Ikuhara, the director of Utena, lists this anime as the one that influenced him to pursue a career in animation.
