Underplayed Gems

Midori (1992)

Midori poster
Original title
地下幻燈劇画 少女椿
Directed by
Hiroshi Harada
Genre
animation, drama, horror
Country
Japan
Runtime
55 min
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 170 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl joins a freak show after her parents die. She endures cruelty and abuse from the performers and their ringleader.

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What happens

Midori - La ragazza delle camelie (Shôjo tsubaki: Chika gentô gekiga) è un mediometraggio del 1992 diretto da Hiroshi Harada e basato sul manga Shōjo Tsubaki del 1984 del mangaka Giapponese Suehiro Maruo. A oggi, pare essere l'unico media prodotto e distribuito dalla casa indipendente nipponica Mippei Eigeki Kiryuukan. Suehiro Maruo compare non solo come produttore esecutivo ma anche come produttore, sceneggiatore e compositore musicale: ha infatti scritto i testi delle musiche poi gestite e mixate dal musicista J.A. Shîzâ. Esattamente come il prodotto originale da cui è tratto, il film non si censura molto sulle scene proposte, rappresentando esplicitamente sesso non consensuale e violenza sugli animali, oltre a presentare una storia opprimente e priva di qualsivoglia lieto fine o rivalsa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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