“Shadow / Tenebrae” (シャドー), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 1982, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) ZA522

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster for Dario Argento’s giallo Tenebrae, released in Japan under the title Shadow (シャドー). The 1982 film stars Anthony Franciosa as crime novelist Peter Neal, with Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon and Giuliano Gemma among the supporting cast, and marked Argento’s bloody return to the grounded murder‑mystery form after his more supernatural work. 

Film background
While promoting his latest thriller in Rome, Neal finds that someone is murdering women using methods lifted directly from his book, sending taunting letters that draw him into the case. As bodies pile up and the plot doubles back on itself, the film plays with ideas of artistic responsibility, voyeurism and the thin line between fiction and reality, all carried by kinetic camerawork and an electronic score by ex‑Goblin members. Tenebrae has since been hailed as one of Argento’s most stylish and self‑reflective gialli. 

Poster design
The Japanese B2 is pure nightmare. Almost the entire sheet is dominated by an extreme close‑up of a woman’s terrified face, framed by a white shroud that covers her head and shoulders—the eye widened to a startling, almost surreal degree. Diagonally across the centre, delicate white Japanese text slants through the composition like a whispered warning. In the top right corner, an inset still shows another woman, bloodied and crawling across the floor, with the English logo “a film by DARIO ARGENTO SHADOW” nearby. The title 「シャドー」 is rendered in jagged green characters down the right side, counterbalanced by red copy that promises the master of fear has surpassed Suspiria.

Condition
Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale. 

This is an original early‑1980s Japanese theatrical poster, not a reproduction or a reprint. Certificate of Authenticity included.

It is over 43 years old!