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"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350
"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350

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"Shura (修羅) — Demons" STB, Original Release Japanese Poster 1971, STB Tatekan Size (c. 51 × 145 cm) O350

Sale price $125.00

This is an original Japanese STB (tatekan-style two-panel) poster printed in 1971 to promote Shura (修羅 / しゅら, “Demons”), written and directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The vertical copy beside the lovers roughly reads: 「嘘は許されぬもの…… 裏切られた愛の悲しみは、血汐に染めた紅の消ゆる末まで…… 愛と憎しみが生みだす、残酷と狂気の流血怨念劇。」 — “Lies cannot be forgiven… Betrayed love turns grief crimson to the very last fading drop of blood… a cruel, mad tale of bloodletting and vengeance born of love and hate.” The film adapts Tsuruya Namboku IV’s kabuki revenge play 盟三五大切 (Kamikakete Sango Taisetsu – “The Lover’s Pledge”), and was released in Japan through the Art Theatre Guild (ATG). 

Key credits and notes:
 • Director / Screenplay: Toshio Matsumoto (松本俊夫). 
 • Source: Tsuruya Namboku IV, Kamikakete Sango Taisetsu (with credit on the film also to Shūji Ishizawa).
 • Starring: Katsuo Nakamura (as Gengobei), Yasuko Sanjo (as Koman), Jūrō Kara (as Sangorō).
 • Cinematography: Tatsuo Suzuki; Production Design: Setsu Asakura; Music: Bun’ichi Nishimatsu.
 • Release: 1971; Produced/Released by: ATG and Matsumoto Production. 

The poster’s design is a dramatic two-sheet vertical montage: the top panel floats monochrome stills within swirling Edo-style cloud motifs, including a torment tableau staged on a crossbeam; the lower panel contrasts with a tender, close-lit embrace set against sutra-like calligraphy, while a woman brandishes a dagger between her teeth beneath the bold, blood-brush title 修羅. The stark imagery mirrors the film’s celebrated high-contrast black-and-white aesthetic and its descent into jealousy, madness, and killing.

This particular poster is a large-format STB (tatekan) — approximately twice the height of a standard B2 — and was typically displayed at the entrance of cinemas. STB posters were printed in limited numbers and survive in very small quantities, making them highly collectible.

This poster is in excellent condition. Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
It is over 54 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.

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