Fossilized Wilderness

Kaseki no kouya
Japan, 1982
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Atsuko Asano, Yusuke Kawazu, Jo Shishido

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Fireflies in the North

Kita no hotaru
Japan, 1984
Director: Hideo Gosha
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Koichi Sato, Tetsuro Tanba, Mikio Narita

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Zatoichi

Zatôichi
Japan, 2003
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Asano Tadanobu, Yui Natsukawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Akira Emoto

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Sushi Girl

USA, 2012
Director: Kern Saxton
Starring: Tony Todd, James Duval, Noah Hathaway, Mark Hamill, Sonny Chiba, Jeff Fahey, Danny Trejo, Cortney Palm

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Sukiyaki Western Django (B)

Japan, 2007
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Renji Ishibashi, Yoshino Kimura, Yusuke Iseya

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Zero Woman: Final Mission

Zero Woman: Keishichô 0-ka no onna
Japan, 1995
Director: Koji Enokido
Starring: Misayo Haruki, Kosuke Hishinuma, Naoko Iijima, Miho Suzuki

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Welcome to the Quiet Room

Quiet room ni yôkoso
Japan, 2007
Director: Suzuki Matsuo
Starring: Yuki Uchida, Kankuro Kudo, Yu Aoi, Yuko Nakamura

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High and Low

Tengoku to jigoku
Japan, 1963
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai

Poster is for the 1977 release

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Ran (A)

Japan, 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada

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Ran (B)

Japan, 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada

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Cool Dimension

Kûru dimenshon
Japan, 2006
Director: Ishii Yoshikazu
Starring: Ken'ichi Endo, Yoko Mitsuya, Mitsuho Otani, Mika Shigeizumi

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Love Punishment

Kemono-tachi no atsui nemuri
Japan, 1981
Director: Toru Murakawa
Starring: Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Usami, Jun Fubuki, Renji Ishibashi, Mikio Narita

Illustrated by Noriyoshi Ohrai

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Mirrored Mind

Kyoshin
Japan, 2005
Director: Sogo Ishii
Starring: Miwako Ichikawa, Kou Machida, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Nice illustrated poster highlighted with gold inks

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Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess

Japan, 2008
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Masami Nagasawa, Jun Matsumoto, Daisuke Miyagawa, Kippei Shiina, Arata Furata, Jun Kunimura

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Princess From the Moon

Taketori monogatari
Japan, 1987
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kyoko Kishida, Koji Ishizaka

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Conan the Barbarian (B)

USA, 1982
Director: John Milius
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Art by Seito, unique to the Japanese release

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Conan the Barbarian (A)

USA, 1982
Director: John Milius
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Art by Renato Casaro

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Ilsa, the Wicked Warden

Greta - Haus ohne Männer
USA/West Germany, 1972
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Dyanne Thorne, Tania Busselier, Eric Falk, Lina Romay

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Daimajin

Japan, 1966
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Starring: Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Kôjirô Hongô, Shiho Fujimura, Riki Hashimoto, Shinji Hori

Poster for a 1984 screening featuring Daimajin (1966), Return of Daimajin (1966), and Wrath of Daimajin (1966)

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Gamera Strikes Again

Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon
Japan, 1966
Director: Shigeo Tanaka
Starring: Kojiro Hongo, Kyoko Enami, Yuzo Hayakawa

Classic monster-movie poster for the 1984 release

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Hole in the Pants: The Movie

Pantsu no ana the movie: Doutei soushitsu rapusodi
Japan, 2011
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka
Starring: Ai Shinozaki, Renya Kishida, Saku Mihama, Aki Morita

Is it a bird? Is it a plane ? ... is that a hole in her pants ? !!

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Night Train Molester

Soreyuke chikan
Japan, 1977
Director: Shinya Yamamoto
Starring: Shinji Kubo, Riko Izumi, Yasushi Matsuura

This is for the 2011 release

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Black Orpheus

Orfeu Negro
Brazil, 1959
Director: Marcel Camus
Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira

Unique poster for the 2000 release.

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Lady Kung Fu

Hapkido / He qi dao
Hong Kong, 1972
Director: Feng Huang
Starring: Angela Mao, Carter Wong, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

USA, 1978
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy

Design by Bill Gold

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