Belladonna of Sadness: A Companion Book to the 1973 Cult Japanese Anime Film

First North American Edition. 4to. 196pp. Pictorial boards. First printing, with Blu-ray inside pocket affixed to rear paste-down. Slight soiling to covers with laminate bubbles to all sides. Small faint grey mark to fore-edge of text block. A near fine copy. *** Stills and script excerpts from Eiichi Yamamoto’s animated film Belladonna of Sadness. With an introduction by Dennis Bartok, a Q&A with the director, the composer and the artist and an interview with the restoration team. Text in English. SCARCE.