Friday, March 28, 2014

Kyoko Aizome's Widow's Boarding House

Aizome Kyôko no mibôjin geshuku
Japan, 1984
Director: Shinya Yamamoto
Starring: Kyoko Aizome, Kate Asabuki, Moto Fuyuki

A unique chirashi in the shape of a 10,000 yen bill, starring Japan's first AV star Kyoko Aizome.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kumokiri Nizaemon
Japan, 1978
Director: Hideo Gosha
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tanba, Keiko Matsuzaka, Teruhiko Aoi, Mitsuko Baisho, Junko Miyashita, Mikio Narita

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Island of the Fishmen

Italy, 1979
Director: Sergio Martino
Starring: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Humanoids from the Deep

USA, 1980
Director: Barbara Peeters
Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, David Strassman

Monday, March 24, 2014

Martyrs (B)

France, 2008
Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Dracula

USA, 1979
Director: John Badham
Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence

This gatefold chirashi has a bat-shaped cutout on the front page revealing the title on the page beneath



Friday, March 21, 2014

Fargo

USA, 1996
Director: Coen Bros
Starring: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand



Curse 2405: The Reason Why I'm Dying

Juhô 2405: Watashi ga shinu wake
Japan, 2014
Director: Toichiro Ruto
Starring: Yuka Masuda, Chal Inoue, Ryo Karato, Manami Marutaka, Momoka, Kyoko Matsunaga



Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Female Prisoner No. 701: Sasori

Joshû 701-gô: Sasori gaiden
Japan, 2011
Director: Kenichi Fujiwara
Starring: Kirara Asuka, Sana, Suwaru Ryu

A saucy new version of the Pinky classic, starring AV starlet Kirara Asuka. This is a rare A4-size promo poster created by the Japanese distributor to promote sales into Western markets, so the text is in English.



Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Utamaro's World

Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba
Japan, 1977
Director: Akio Jissoji
Starring: Shin Kishida, Mikijiro Hira, Shingo Yamashiro, Kyoko Kishida, Rie Nakagawa

Monday, March 17, 2014

An American Werewolf in London

United Kingdom, 1981
Director: John Landis
Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Sssssss

USA, 1973
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies-Urich

Thursday, March 13, 2014

The Lost Boys

USA, 1987
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman

Rare illustrated poster unique to the Japanese release. Design by Akira Yokoyama



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Father's Day

USA, 2011
Director: Adam Brooks
Starring: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Godzilla (2014)

USA, 2014
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe



Monday, March 10, 2014

Tank Girl

USA, 1996
Director: Rachel Talalay
Starring: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Iggy Pop

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Get Action!!

Japan, 2014
Director: Junya Kondo
Starring: Ronnie Yoshiko Fujiyama, Bruce Milne, Andy Gortler

Distinctive artwork by Rockin' Jellybean




Saturday, March 8, 2014

Bonno Sokubodai

Bon nō Soku Bosatsu
Japan, 2013
Director: Bon Ando
Starring: Yukino Takeuchi, Jun Tomita, Lili Koda, Hiromi Nakata

Interesting poster for the 34th film in the Youth H erotica series.


Friday, March 7, 2014

Hanadama

Japan, 2014
Director: Hisayasu Sato
Starring: Rina Sakuragi, Maika Shimamura, Tomori Abe, Shun Asada, Kei Fujiwara, Taro Suwa

New horror flick from famed Pinku director Hisayasu Sato.



Thursday, March 6, 2014

The Fog

USA, 1980
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Title text and the eyes are printed in glossy red ink to contrast with the matt black & white background

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

A Nightmare on Elm Street

USA, 1984
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

USA, 2007
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah

Poster design by Drew Struzan. Also check out the Original 1982 poster and the 1992 Director's Cut poster



Monday, March 3, 2014

StageFright: Aquarius (A)

Deliria
Italy, 1987
Director: Michele Soavi
Starring: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore

See also Version B



Sunday, March 2, 2014

Inferno

Italy, 1980
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi