Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- grotesque
- nightmarish
- oppressive
- late night horror viewing
- anime cinephile marathon
What sets it apart
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The circus setting and distorted imagery transform exploitation and trauma into an expressionistic nightmare.
Midori loses her family protection and is trapped in a circus where the performers repeatedly abuse her.
Hiroshi Harada adapts a notorious manga into an underground animated film featuring sexual violence, abuse, and grotesque spectacle.
The funfair lures Midori in under false pretenses and becomes the enclosed world in which she is exploited.
Films like Midori, and why
Belladonna of Sadness
shared transgressive animation, grotesque imagery, surreal cruelty, and psychologically intense atmosphere
The House of Moreau
shared underground anime aesthetics, taboo subject matter, graphic abuse, and dreamlike horror
The Plague Dogs
shared disturbing coming-of-age premise, exploitation themes, and bleak surrealism
Movie Details
- Director
- Hiroshi Harada
- Release Date
- 1992-05-02
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (176)
Cast
- Minako Naka
- Norihiko Morishita
- Keinosuke Okamoto
- Kazuyoshi Hayashi
- Yoshihiko Matsui
- Yoshifumi Nomura
- Sanae Katô
- Yumiko Takagi
- Akiko Tanaka
- Kôji Imoto
Common questions
- What is Midori about?
- A traumatized girl is drawn into a grotesque circus nightmare where abuse, illusion, and fragile companionship reshape her reality.
- What is Midori like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Midori as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Midori violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Midori as brutal.
- Which films are like Midori?
- Films with a similar feel include Belladonna of Sadness, The House of Moreau, and The Plague Dogs.
- How long is Midori?
- Midori runs 55 minutes.
