Cleopatra (1970 film)

Cleopatra , Kureopatora? is a 1970 Japanese 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 Englishdubbed 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 selfapplied Xrating on April 24, 1972. It was advertised as the first Xrated pornographic animated movie in the United States. However, Fritz the Cat came out with its Xrating 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 Xrating if it had been. The English dub and subtitled version is said to be lost, however, a subtitled version can be found on YouTube. DVDs of the film do exist.

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