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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya 1) from Takashi Miike. Really strong minimal and abstract poster artwork for this film. This is one of those posters that grows on you over time (in a good way).

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for the film Bullet Ballet from Shinya Tsukamoto. Really nice dark and vivid imagery in this poster artwork.

Related Coverage:
::: Brief Interview with Shinya Tsukamoto on Nightmare Detective (one of my favorite interviews I did in 2007!)

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Neji-shiki from Teruo Ishii. This poster is extremely cool, whether your a Teruo Ishii fan or a Tadanobu Asano fan!

Speaking of Guitar Brother aka Tadanobu Asano, I had the distinct honor of meeting him at the recent Berlin International Film Festival. A huge thanks to Colin Geddes from Toronto’s Midnight Madness and Hiromi from UNIJAPAN for giving me a proper introduction to him and proclaiming my love of Funky Forest and his character in the movie. Can’t beat that… especially someone like me that has been and will always be head over heals in love with Funky Forest. Film first love is eternal I say!

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Clerks from Kevin Smith. I have no idea if this artwork is already all over the Internet or not. I find this to be some of the most inspired poster artwork I’ve ever seen. They say they don’t make poster artwork like they used to… well, this one is proof that… YES sometimes they do!!!

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Sweet yet deadly is Yanin Vismitananda as Zen in the latest from Prachya Pinkaew, Chocolate. Read my previous take on the film (read here).

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Oscar night and what better way to celebrate than posting this incredibly rare image from the 1938 Republic Pictures western, Red River Range starring John Wayne.

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Zodiac from David Fincher. I’ve yet to see this film and it appears to really be more of a cinephiles type of film than a mainstream darling. I really like the creative artwork with this poster.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Kikujirô no natsu from Takeshi Kitano. This I believe is the main poster artwork for the film, though I’ve seen various versions of it (previous one I posted is here). Always nice to post anything from Kitano here as readers of the site seem to be huge fans.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for the Nana from Kentarô Ôtani.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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This particular “person” and scene in the movie always work to effectively creep me out.

As for the eventual home video availability of this film you can read my interviews with Dario Argento (read here) and Bill Lustig (read here) where I ask them both this very question…

Related Coverage:
::: NEGLECTED HORROR—Dario Argento’s Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) - via Michael Guillen

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Kikujirô no natsu from Takeshi Kitano. Really nice colors and composition.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for the Persepolis. Yes, just when you think I won’t post any more artwork/images from this film! I couldn’t pass posting this rare item up as I knew fans of the film would be delighted.

Related Coverage:
::: PERSEPOLIS—Interview With Vincent Paronnaud (Michael Guillen)
::: PERSEPOLIS—Morning Coffee with Marjane Satrapi (Michael Guillen)
::: PERSEPOLIS - GreenCine Daily

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for the film Vital from Shinya Tsukamoto.

Related Coverage:
::: Brief Interview with Shinya Tsukamoto on Nightmare Detective (one of my favorite interviews I did in 2007!)

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Hsiao-hsien Hou’s Kôhî jikô (Cafe Lumiere) starring Tadanobu Asano.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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Eiga Chirashi artwork for Tetsuya Nakashima’s Kiraware Matsuko no isshô aka Memories of Matsuko.

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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