If you loved A Thousand and One Nights, try Belladonna of Sadness

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Thousand and One Nights, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Belladonna of Sadness is

The Trials of Alice meets Faust in a fever-dream anime. A raped bride seals a deal with a pixie-like devil and gains powers to burn feudal Japan. Her descent into witchery glows like neon on rice paper.

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