1970s Posters

The 1970s were a high point for Japanese poster design—bold colour, striking photography, and adventurous typography that reflects the decade’s energy on screen. This collection brings together original Japanese posters from the era, spanning international classics and Japan’s own genre cinema, with many pieces now over 50 years old and increasingly hard to find in strong display condition.

1970s Posters

Akira Kurosawa

Yasujirō Ozu

Star Wars

Studio Ghibli

Godzilla, Kaiju and Tokusatsu

James Bond

Rare / Exclusive / Museum

“Star Wars” (スター・ウォーズ), Original Re‑Release Japanese Movie Poster 1982, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D264

“Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro” (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D272

“Z.P.G.” / 「赤ちゃんよ永遠に」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1972, Michael Campus / Geraldine Chaplin / Oliver Reed, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D283

“Star Wars” / 「スター・ウォーズ」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1978, First Release, Artwork by Seito, Cinema-Used Example, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D273

“The Great Escape” / 「大脱走」, Original Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster 1970, Steve McQueen / James Garner / Charles Bronson / John Sturges, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D275

“The Gumball Rally” / 「激走！5000キロ」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1976, Michael Sarrazin / Raúl Juliá / Chuck Bail, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C297

“Apocalypse Now Redux” / 「地獄の黙示録 特別完全版」, Original Japanese Home Video Promotional Poster 2002, Francis Ford Coppola, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D255

“American Graffiti” / 「アメリカン・グラフィティ」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1973, George Lucas / Francis Ford Coppola / Richard Dreyfuss / Ron Howard, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C298

“The Graduate” (卒業), Original Re-Release Japanese Movie Poster 1971, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) C299

“Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival: Living Today” / 「現代に生きる 小津安二郎映画祭」, Original Japanese Shochiku Retrospective Poster 1972, Featuring “Equinox Flower” and “Tokyo Story”, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q290

“Diamonds Are Forever” (007 ダイヤモンドは永遠に), 1971 Japanese STB Tatekan Poster (First Release), Rare, STB Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) C282

“TRITON OF THE SEA” / 「海のトリトン」, Original Release Japanese Theatrical Poster 1979, Osamu Tezuka / Yoshinobu Nishizaki / Yoshiyuki Tomino, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C291

“Taxi Driver” / 「タクシードライバー」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1976, Martin Scorsese / Robert De Niro, Cannes Grand Prix / Palme d’Or Winner, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C292

“SHŌJO KAMEN” & “ARE KARA NO JOHN SILVER” (1971) – ORIGINAL JAPANESE THEATRE POSTER – KUNIYOSHI KANEKO Ultra Rare Oversize | Japanese Angura Theatre | Kuniyoshi Kaneko Artwork | Situation Theater / 劇団状況劇場 | HA38 | 76.5 × 106 cm (30.1 × 41.7 in)

“Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War”, Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1973, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C287

“Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode” (仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1974, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C286

“Godzilla vs. Gigan” (地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン), Original First-Release Japanese Movie Poster 1972 — Dead Stock, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C284

“You Only Live Twice” (007は二度死ぬ), 1976 Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) H87 A

“Alien” (エイリアン), Original Japanese Theatrical Poster 1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) B283

“Rocky IV” / 「ロッキー4 炎の友情」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1986, Sylvester Stallone, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A275

“Between Wife and Woman” / 妻と女の間, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1976, Toho / Shiro Toyoda & Kon Ichikawa, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A259

"The Man with the Golden Gun", Japanese James Bond Movie Poster, Original Release 1974, B3 Size (37x 53cm) D183

“Animal House” (アニマル・ハウス), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1978, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C269

“Ossessione” / 「郵便配達は二度ベルを鳴らす」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1979, Luchino Visconti, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C271

“The Pink Panther Strikes Again” / 「ピンク・パンサー3」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1977, Blake Edwards / Peter Sellers, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C275

“The Return of the Pink Panther” (ピンク・パンサー2), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C274

“School of the Holy Beast” / “Seijū Gakuen” (聖獣学園), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1974, Toei Pinky Violence / Nunsploitation, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C278

“Bankaku Rock” (番格ロック), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1973, Toei Sukeban / Carol / Eikichi Yazawa, Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C279

"Tentacles" (テンタクルズ), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1977, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) B267

“Jaws 3-D” / “Jaws 3” (ジョーズ3), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1983, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A287

“Destroy All Monsters” (怪獣総進撃), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1972, Toho Re-Release — Dead Stock, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A252

“Seven Samurai” / 「七人の侍」, Original Japanese Revival Nakazuri Train-Hanging Poster 1975, Rare B3 Size (c. 36.4 × 51.5 cm) B292

"The Man Who Fell to Earth", Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1976, B2 Size (51cm x 73cm) K69

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (カッコーの巣の上で), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1975, Jack Nicholson, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) H223

“Madame Rosa” / “A Life Ahead” (これからの人生), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1978, Academy Award Winner, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) M131

“Jeremiah Johnson” (大いなる勇者 / Jeremiah Johnson), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1972, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) L200A

“Blind Terror” / “See No Evil” (見えない恐怖), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O224

“Soylent Green” (ソイレント・グリーン), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) J152

“The Panic in Needle Park” (哀しみの街かど), Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1971, Al Pacino, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q271

“Death Race 2000” (デス・レース2000年), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1975, Artwork by Seito, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q270

“Serpico” (セルピコ), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) ZA500

“The Godfather” (ゴッドファーザー), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 1972, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) I145 A

“Godzilla vs. Gigan” (ゴジラ対ガイガン / 地球攻撃命令), Original Release Japanese Kaiju Poster 1972, Very Rare, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) J97

“Lake of Dracula” / “Noroi no Yakata: Chi o Suu Me” (呪いの館 血を吸う眼), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1971, Rare STB Tatekan Size 20 × 57 in / 51 × 145 cm B271

“A Man and a Woman” / “Un homme et une femme” (男と女), Original Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster 1973, Rare STB Tatekan Size 20 × 57 in / 51 × 145 cm B274

“The Deer Hunter” (ディア・ハンター), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA934

“Snoopy, Come Home” (スヌーピーの大冒険), Japanese‑Dubbed Edition, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) H61

“Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro” (ルパン三世カリオストロの城), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D272

“Apocalypse Now Redux” / 「地獄の黙示録特別完全版」, Original Japanese Home Video Promotional Poster 2002, Francis Ford Coppola, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D255

“Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival: Living Today” / 「現代に生きる小津安二郎映画祭」, Original Japanese Shochiku Retrospective Poster 1972, Featuring “Equinox Flower” and “Tokyo Story”, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q290

“Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode” (仁義なき戦い頂上作戦), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1974, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C286

“Godzilla vs. Gigan” (地球攻撃命令ゴジラ対ガイガン), Original First-Release Japanese Movie Poster 1972 — Dead Stock, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C284

“Lake of Dracula” / “Noroi no Yakata: Chi o Suu Me” (呪いの館血を吸う眼), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1971, Rare STB Tatekan Size 20 × 57 in / 51 × 145 cm B271