Gender-bending sword lesbian starts a revolution and breaks your heart in 90 minutes flat.
A theatrical re-edit/summary of the TV series. Some of the voice actors were changed (eg. Oscar is played by Keiko Toda instead of re-using the original audio by Reiko Tajima).
Acting
Keiko Toda's Oscar: commanding, fragile, devastating.
Direction
Condensed epic pacing—no filler, only feelings.
Director
Yoshio Takeuchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This theatrical cut replaced iconic voice actor Reiko Tajima with Keiko Toda—purists still argue which Oscar hits harder in the death scene.
Rose of Versailles essentially invented the 'tragic cross-dressing swordswoman' trope that influenced everything from Utena to Revolutionary Girl Utena to contemporary yuri.
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