30 Vintage Movie Posters from Japan

Kiyoshi Awazu, poster for Double Suicide, 1969 (Awazu on 50 Watts)Medea (1971)Kurosawa's own artwork for Dodes'ka-den (Clickety Clack), 1970Kurosawa's own artwork for Dodes'ka-den (Clickety Clack), 1970"Young Miss" (Ojo san) movie poster, 1930 via Pink Tentacle The four posters from the sorely missed Pink Tentacle come from the Japanese-language book Modernism on Paper: Japanese Graphic Design of the 1920s-30s. "May 1" movie poster by Hiromu Hara, 1928-1929 via Pink TentacleTadanori Yokoo's poster for Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, 1969 via GurafikuFor a Few Dollars More, 1967A Fistful of Dollars, 1965Shoot the Piano Player, 1960Masculin Féminin, 1966 via Zero Focus The Birds, 1963Repulsion, 1965House, 1977 via GurafikuSymphonie der Liebe, 1949Ecstasy, 1930sKriemhild’s Revenge, 1925 via Pink Tentacle In Old Arizona, 1929Rififi, 1955Les Enfants Terribles, 1960sDjangoOnibaba, 1964Pokolenie, 1981Play it Again, Sam, 1972Fantastic Voyage, 1966The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, 1960The Ghoul, 1933c.1930s "An intriguing piece of film history. Bound together in this unique volume is a collection of promotional material (mainly, 'Chirashi'), touting American films released in Japan in the early 1930s." Kuroneko, 1968Wild Bunch, 1969Magazine ad for "Seishun Zukai" movie, 1931 via Pink Tentacle The majority of the scans here are from expired auction listings at Heritage Auctions (ha.com). There's a whole blog of them too at JapaneseMoviePosters. I put some Japanese horror movie posters on my tumblr. (Including one which makes Michael Myers look like a Simpsons character.) This post first appeared on June 9, 2014 on 50 Watts