Belladonna of Sadness
This transgressive animated film from 1973 Japan has been recently restored. Blending gorgeous, watercolor-infused Japanese landscapes with Western influences like Art Nouveau and Expressionism, the film tells the sexually outré and hallucinogenic story of two lovers in a feudal village.
"...I first came across Eiichi Yamamoto’s Belladonna of Sadness in the mid-Eighties, in the form of a third-generation..."