Belladonna of Sadness (1973) 4K UHD

[NLScavenger]

Belladonna of Sadness 4K Blu-ray

Just announced at the Anime Limited Christmas Showcase 2021.

17:28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1048...ature=youtu.be

[NeilZ]

Anime in 4k has been very messy. I hope it’s not another DNr fest.

[Abdrewes]

I've had the Cinelicious release in my wishlist forever. Great movie.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by NeilZ

Anime in 4k has been very messy. I hope it’s not another DNr fest.

Yeah, we've been burned too many times. It will cost a fortune and then look worse than the BLU. I will wait for more details and maybe even people's impressions after getting the disc whenever it is released.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by NeilZ

Anime in 4k has been very messy. I hope it’s not another DNr fest.

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Yeah, we've been burned too many times. It will cost a fortune and then look worse than the BLU. I will wait for more details and maybe even people's impressions after getting the disc whenever it is released.

The film was already restored uncut in 4k and is currently the newest master in existence, completed by Cinelicious. It is not a DNR fest.
That's obviously what this release is going to be. Cinelicious' disc is not very flattering when it comes to compression despite the film being made of so many still images. I bet on Arbelos announcing an upgrade of their disc in the coming months.

This is going to be absolutely glorious if they don't decide to do a DNR pass or hand it off to another bad authoring house.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

I bet on Arbelos announcing an upgrade of their disc in the coming months.

I doubt it - they've yet to release a UHD.

This is an interesting announcement, as Belladonna isn't a title I would have assumed to have been a high seller for Anime Limited but it's great that an anime of this vintage has supposedly done so well. I'm in for this, but would sooner see any subtitled release of the 4K restorations of the Toei Doga films like The Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Yami

I doubt it - they've yet to release a UHD.

That doesn't preclude them from doing so, no. They have to get their feet wet with something though I'd bet on a different title being picked first.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

That doesn't preclude them from doing so, no. They have to get their feet wet with something though I'd bet on a different title being picked first.

Satantango, the perfect first 4K!

[NLScavenger]

Belladonna of Sadness Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray

UNTIL SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER AT 5PM, PRE-ORDER THIS PRODUCT AT AN EARLY BIRD PRICE OF JUST £24.99 AS PART OF OUR 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SALE

RELEASE DATE: 7th February 2022 - STOCK OF THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE SHIPPING UNTIL JANUARY 2022

Features the film on 4K UHD Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray disc.

Along with the film itself the discs also include the Red Band trailer, Green Band Trailer and original trailer. Plus interviews with Director Eiichi Yamamoto, Art Director Kuni Fukai, and Composer Masahiko Satoh.







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EDIT:

Forgot about the book bundle: Belladonna of Sadness Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray + book bundle - £44.99

This bundle listing is for a copy of the Belladonna of Sadness Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray bundled alongside the "Companion Book to the 1973 Japanese Anime Cult Film" book for a special price

UNTIL SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER AT 5PM, PRE-ORDER THIS PRODUCT AT AN EARLY BIRD PRICE OF JUST £44.99 AS PART OF OUR 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SALE

RELEASE DATE: 7th February 2022 - STOCK OF THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE SHIPPING UNTIL JANUARY 2022

[Kyle15]

That package is fantastic. Good stuff.

[grahams76]

I’ve got the soundtrack LP and bonus 7” Record Store Day release - great music but never seen the film. Tempting.

[kmhofmann]

Pre-ordered with the book!

[Magyalmar]

Didn't the original print have only 160 pages? AllTheAnime state it has 272 pages now.

[andreasy969]

alltheanime shipped mine today. Which is rather early.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Magyalmar

Didn't the original print have only 160 pages? AllTheAnime state it has 272 pages now.

Hopefully they added more of what they said was actually going to be in the book. The original was a misleadingly advertised rip-off! Hoo boy what a surprise that was.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by andreasy969

alltheanime shipped mine today. Which is rather early.

Same same

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by andreasy969

alltheanime shipped mine today. Which is rather early.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Same same

Will be nice to get some image quality feedback hopefully soon!

I did a pre-order at DiabolikDVD

[EddieLarkin]

When this restoration was being carried out and the Arbelos Blu-ray was first announced, some images of the master were shared and the grain structure was glorious, only for Arbelos to completely undermine it with their terrible pre-David M compression:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=2&x...7&l=0&i=0&go=1

Despite me bloody warning them beforehand of the task they had ahead: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...0&postcount=32

I don't believe the Anime Ltd version was much better. Hopefully the 4K is a big improvement.

[PowellPressburger]

Did David M handle this 4K? or do we know who did?

[Geoff D]

The anime UHDs I've got so far have been very nicely encoded, I'm hoping Belladonna will be the same. Wouldn't necessarily fear it being bad just because a different label botched the BD.