Midori (1992 film)

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Midori


caption = "Cinemalta" DVD cover (2006)
ja_name = 地下幻燈劇画　少女椿
ja_name_trans = Chika Gentou Gekiga Shōjo Tsubaki
genre = Ero guroInfobox animanga/Movie
title =
director = Hiroshi Harada
music = J. A. Seazer
studio =
released = May 2, 1992
runtime = 49 min.

nihongo|"Midori"|地下幻燈劇画　少女椿|Chika Gentou Gekiga Shōjo Tsubaki is a Japanese cult ero-guro animation movie adapted from manga by Suehiro Maruo. The film follows the misadventures of a girl called Midori who, after losing her mother, joins the fairground freak show. She is being constantly harassed, abused and humiliated by everyone on the show until a dwarf-magician-hypnotist appears.

The complete movie title roughly translates to "Underground Projected Dramatic Comic Strip "Maiden Camellia".

Production

The film was single handedly created by Hiroshi Harada. Given the subject matter, Harada had found it impossible to gain financing. He then used all of his life savings to make the film over a five year period. Over 5000 separate sheets of animation were hand drawn by Harada.

creenings

The film is very hard to find as the original film has been destroyed and only a handful of bootleg video copies were known to exist. In 2006, a French DVD of the film was made for a European only release. Harada will only screen Midori in Japan if the venue is presented as a carnival freak show.

External links

# [http://kiryukan.at.infoseek.co.jp/midoritop.htm Official site]
# [http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?&m=20040921 Film review on Anipages Daily]
# [http://www.cinemalta.com/dvd/titreGB.asp?Id=13&menu=fiche&selection=tri&collection=1 DVD information page on the European distributor's site]
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