
Furthermore, he encourages her to exact revenge from the baron, as he suggests that the only way to accomplish that is by making a deal with the Devil. These memories have complicated results, since the demon does not only scare her, but also makes her feel pleasure. She and her husband try to forget what happened, but Jeanne is still tortured by the fact, which is personified as a demon of phallic form, who appears in her sleep. That night, the local baron and possibly his lackeys rape Jeanne. The story revolves around a young couple named Jean and Jeanne, whose happiness ends during their wedding night, due to Droit du seigneur, a feudal law that allowed local lords to be the first to deflower the bride.

The script is based on Jules Michelet’s novel on the history of witchcraft, “La Sorciere”, which was published in 1862 in France.

It was the final part of a trilogy named “Animerama”, a commercial failure that kept the title in anonymity for many years. “God of Manga”), produced the adult-themed anime “Belladonna of Sadness” in 1973. Mushi Productions, a company created and abandoned by Osamu Tezuka, (aka. Belladonna of Sadness (Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973) Another exception has been made for “Violence Jack”, which, at 55 minutes, is barely considered a movie.ġ5. Please note that movies that are part of an anime series were not included, since I consider them extended episodes rather than individual features, with the exception of “Fist of the North Star”, which I felt could not be missing from this list. With a focus on diversity, as I tried to include titles that range from artistic to grotesque, here are the 15 I consider the best among them, in chronological order. However, inside this vast industry, some productions that could be easily characterized as cult could not be missing. Evidently, the world of Japanese animation (anime) is dominated by mainstream productions, like the ones from Studio Ghibli, particularly when we are referring to movies and not series.
