Midori: Shoujo — Tsubaki

The story follows a young girl named Midori. After losing her mother, she is orphaned and unknowingly wanders into the care of a traveling freak show. What follows is a descent into hell. Midori is subjected to horrific abuse by the troupe members—individuals who are outcasts of society, twisted both in body and spirit.

If you have spent enough time in the darker corners of anime culture, you have likely heard the name (Midori: The Camellia Girl) spoken in hushed tones. midori: shoujo tsubaki

Hiroshi Harada directed this film almost single-handedly over several years. Because he couldn't secure professional funding for such dark subject matter, the animation has a raw, jagged, stop-motion quality to it. Characters stretch and contort; backgrounds shift like hallucinations. The story follows a young girl named Midori