“Total Eclipse” (太陽と月に背いて), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1996, Leonardo DiCaprio / David Thewlis, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q275

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster for Total Eclipse (太陽と月に背いて), the biographical romantic drama directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, and Romane Bohringer.

Released during DiCaprio’s rapid rise as one of the defining young actors of the 1990s, this Japanese poster is especially collectible for its intense, romantic design and its focus on the turbulent relationship between the poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.

Film background
Total Eclipse explores the destructive, passionate relationship between teenage literary prodigy Arthur Rimbaud, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and the older poet Paul Verlaine, played by David Thewlis. Set in late nineteenth-century Europe, the film follows their artistic obsession, emotional volatility, scandal, exile, and eventual rupture.

The film is remembered for its stylised intensity, literary subject matter, and DiCaprio’s early performance as Rimbaud — a role that helped define his pre-Titanic period as an actor drawn to difficult, unconventional characters.

Poster design
This Japanese B2 uses an intimate, photographic design built around images of Leonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis in close embrace. The large central image is soft, grainy, and emotionally charged, emphasizing the film’s themes of desire, rivalry, transgression, and artistic obsession.

The Japanese title 太陽と月に背いて is printed across the centre in large white-to-red gradient lettering, giving the poster a dramatic and poetic visual identity. The vertical red credit text on the right highlights Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, and director Agnieszka Holland.

The central Japanese copy reads:

「私は妻のカラダよりもランボーの才能に欲情した。」

A natural rendering is:

“I desired Rimbaud’s talent more than my wife’s body.”

This provocative line captures the poster’s positioning of the film as a story of art, desire, jealousy, and emotional extremity.

Condition
Excellent condition. Please review the photo carefully, as it shows the exact poster for sale.

This is an original Japanese theatrical B2 poster.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 25 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.