“Nanami: The Inferno of First Love” (初恋・地獄篇), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1968, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA224
This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1968 for Susumu Hani’s boundary-pushing youth drama Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (初恋・地獄篇). A landmark of late-1960s Japanese cinema, the film follows two adolescent outsiders in Tokyo as they stumble through work, sex, and identity—blending tenderness with social provocation in a distinctly New Wave register.
Design
Poster art by the celebrated graphic artist Aquirax Uno (宇野亜喜良 / Akira Uno). Uno’s sensuous, surreal collage-illustration style—closely associated with Tokyo’s avant-garde theatre and art scenes—casts the lovers in a dreamlike, erotic-anxious world of floating figures, grotesque whimsy, and hypnotic patterning. The bold pink title typography 「初恋・地獄篇」, the theatrical black cloud motifs, and the hallucinatory menagerie of characters make this one of Uno’s most memorable late-’60s poster designs—an iconic, gallery-worthy sheet from Japan’s New Wave era.
Condition
Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.
This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1968 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
It is over 57 years old!
Certificate of Authenticity included.
