"Ran", Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1985, Extremely Rare B0 “Samurai Cavalry” Billboard, 102cm x 147cm

Ran (1985) — Original Japanese B0 “Samurai Cavalry” Billboard Poster

This is an original, ultra-rare Japanese B0 “Samurai Cavalry” billboard poster for the first theatrical release of Ran (乱), Akira Kurosawa’s late-career masterpiece.

Printed in a massive B0 format — 102 × 147 cm — this billboard size is among the most desirable formats for collectors and cinema connoisseurs. The imposing scale gives the composition tremendous visual force, with mounted samurai and war banners filling the image in a dense, cinematic battlefield arrangement.

Exceptionally rare: B0 billboards for Ran surface only infrequently, and this dramatic “Samurai Cavalry” design is one of the most impressive posters created for the film’s Japanese release campaign. It is one of five large-format B0 designs produced to promote the film, a complete group that would have made a formidable display upon the film’s premiere.

The poster has been carefully stored for over 40 years and presents very well for a large-format vintage theatrical poster. Please note visible signs of age and handling consistent with its scale and period, including small tears, and a small hole/paper loss near the middle of right hand edge, as shown in the photographs. Once professionally framed, this poster should display excellently. Please refer to the images provided—what you see is exactly what you’ll receive.

Directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, Ran stars Tatsuya Nakadai and reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear amid Sengoku-era warfare—an epic of betrayal, succession, and the fall of a warlord, staged with Kurosawa’s unmatched command of color, composition, and battle spectacle.

This design captures the military grandeur of Kurosawa’s vision: armored cavalry, spears, horses, and banners pressing forward in a sweeping image of power, conflict, and dynastic collapse.

While Kurosawa is world-famous for his samurai epics, Ran stands among his crowning achievements—grand, operatic, and visually overwhelming.

It is over 40 years old!

This poster is in very good vintage condition and displays strongly, with the noted small hole and handling wear visible in the photographs. Please review the imagery front, back, and detail photos; it shows the exact poster for sale.

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.