‘Belladonna of Sadness’ Is as Tragically French as It Is Horny as Hell

io9 revisits the 1973 anime cult classic 'Belladonna of Sadness,' a film with the visual intensity and raw sensuality of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. The outlet describes it as fusing revenge narrative and demonic imagery in ways that are both artistically ambitious and unapologetically provocative.

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