Cleopatra (1970 film)
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Japanese VHS cover for Osamu Tezuka's Cleopatra.
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| Japanese | クレオパトラ |
| Hepburn | Kureopatora |
| Directed by |
Osamu Tezuka Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Produced by |
Osamu Tezuka Yasuhiko Yoneyama |
| Written by | Shigemi Satoyoshi |
| Starring | Chinatsu Nakayama |
| Music by | Isao Tomita |
| Cinematography | Tsuyoshi Honda |
| Distributed by | Nippon Herald Movies |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cleopatra (クレオパトラ Kureopatora?) is a 1970 Japanese comedy anime film directed by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto. The film was a commercial failure.
In 1972, Mushi Productions, who made the film, accepted a deal with Xanadu Productions, a small company, to release an English-dubbed version in the United States to try to save themselves from bankruptcy. When it was released in the United States, Xanadu changed the title to Cleopatra: Queen of Sex and released it with a self-applied X-rating on April 24, 1972. It was advertised as the first X-rated pornographic animated movie in the United States. However, Fritz the Cat came out with its X-rating from the MPAA before it on April 18, 1972.
The English version and the original version were not received well by critics and audiences due to it failing as a pornographic movie and many other reasons.
Cleopatra was not submitted to the MPAA, and may not have received an X-rating if it had been. The English dub and subtitled version is said to be lost. DVDs of the film do exist.
In the far future, three Earthlings—Jiro, Harvey, and Mary—discover that an alien race called the Pasateli intends to conquer humankind by a mysterious "the Cleopatra Plan." Through use of a time machine, the three transport their minds into the bodies of members of Cleopatra’s court in order to discover and stop the plan. Harvey, however, vows to use the opportunity to secure the title of the greatest lover who ever lived by having sex with Cleopatra herself.
They arrive in the middle of the Roman conquest of Egypt, where a group of Egyptians secretly plot a rebellion to overthrow Julius Caesar. The group plans to send Cleopatra to first seduce and then murder Caesar. The Romans discover the group and attack them. Cleopatra escapes, along with her handmaidens Libya and Apollodoria. Cleopatra goes to an ancient wizard, who magically grants her an irresistibly seductive body for her mission.
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