Versus (A)

Japan, 2000
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka

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Ju-on: The Curse

Ju-on
Japan, 2000
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Chiaki Kuriyama, Hitomi Miwa, Asumi Miwa, Denden, Taro Suwa, Fuji Takako

Poster for the original Ju-on

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Hakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto Ranbu

Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan Movie 1
Japan, 2013
Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Starring: Yusa Kouji, Miki Shinichiro

Love the artwork on this poster

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Ikiru

Japan, 1952
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Shin'ichi Himori

Rare poster for the 1974 release

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Calamity of Snakes

Ren she da zhan
Taiwan, 1983
Director: Chi Chang
Starring: Lei Chang, Chung-Lien Chou, Tung-min Huang

Fantastic artwork

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Piranha

USA, 1978
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara Steele

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Piranha II: The Spawning

USA, 1981
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen

Flying piranha insanity. Love it!

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Zatoichi

Zatôichi
Japan, 1989
Director: Shintaro Katsu
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai, Miho Nakayama

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Sadistic & Masochistic

Japan, 2000
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Naomi Tani, Masaru Konuma, Haruhiko Arai, Hiroshi Hanzawa, Osamu Inoue

Documentary on director Masaru Konuma. Cover features cult actress Naomi Tani from Wet Vase (Masaru Konuma, 1976)

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Hana-bi (Fireworks)

Japan, 1997
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ohsugi

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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2

Japan, 2013
Director: Kazuchika Kise
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto

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Big Bad Mama

USA, 1974
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt

Haven't seen the movie, but these chicks look badass! It's probably illegal these days to show such a belligerent cigarette-dangling attitude. And it stars Shatner!
Illustration by John Solie.

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Supervixens

USA, 1975
Director: Russ Meyer
Starring: Uschi Digard, Haji, Charles Pitts, Shari Eubank, Charles Napier

For the 1996 release

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Kenji Misumi - Aesthetics of a Drawn Sword

Japan, 1980s(?)
Director: Kenji Misumi

Festival chirashi that folds out to a double-sized poster.

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Kagero-za

Japan, 1981
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Yusaku Matsuda, Michiyo Ohkusu, Mariko Kaga, Yoshio Harada

Deluxe print for the 1st release, featuring text in metallic silver ink

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Memories (B)

Japan, 1995
Director: Koji Morimoto
Starring: Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Egawa

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The Oil-Hell Murder

Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
Japan, 2009
Director: Shinobu Sakagami
Starring: Nozomi Fujikawa, Shohei Hino, Kinuo Yamada

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Dreams (B)

Japan, 1990
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi

See also style A

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Cursed

'Chô' kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu
Japan, 2004
Director: Yoshihiro Hoshino
Starring: Kyoko Akiba, Yumeaki Hirayama, Takaaki Iwao, Susumu Terajima

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Stray Cat Rock Festival

Japan, 2003
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Akiko Wada, Tatsuya Fuji, Takeo Chii, Yoshio Harada

Festival of Stray Cat Rock films, illustration by Lily Franky.

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Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

Japan, 2013
Director: Fuminori Kizaki

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Embryo

USA, 1976
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd

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Blade Runner: The Director's Cut

USA, 1992
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah

Illustrated by John Henry Alvin. See also, poster for the 1982 theatrical cut

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StageFright: Aquarius

Deliria
Country: Italy
Director: Michele Soavi
Starring: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore

Rare poster for this Italian slasher

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