“Soylent Green” (ソイレント・グリーン), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) J152

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1973 for the first Japanese release of Soylent Green (ソイレント・グリーン), the landmark dystopian science-fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer.

A defining work of 1970s speculative cinema, Soylent Green is remembered for its bleak vision of overpopulation, ecological collapse, corporate control, food scarcity, and social breakdown. More than fifty years later, its imagery and themes remain unusually powerful.

Film background
Set in a devastated future New York of 2022, Soylent Green imagines a world where the population has exploded, natural food is almost unobtainable, and ordinary citizens survive on processed rations produced by a vast corporation. What begins as a murder investigation becomes a revelation about the horrifying truth behind the food supply.

The film is based on Harry Harrison’s novel Make Room! Make Room! and remains one of the essential American science-fiction films of the 1970s.

Poster design
This Japanese B2 features one of the most dramatic international designs for the film. The composition is dominated by a chaotic painted scene of overcrowded city streets, riot-control vehicles, and masses of people being swept up by huge mechanical scoops. The image immediately communicates the film’s vision of urban collapse and human beings reduced to anonymous crowds.

At the top, the purple Japanese copy reads:

「映画始まって以来の衝撃」
“A shock unlike anything since cinema began.”

The white text beneath describes a future New York in which the population has swollen to catastrophic levels, turning the city into a vast starving mass. The poster also highlights the film as a colour / Panavision production.

The lower section features a row of cast portraits and the large green Japanese title ソイレント・グリーン, giving the sheet a bold and highly displayable 1970s science-fiction identity.

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

The poster presents very well, with strong colour, vivid artwork, crisp typography, and excellent overall display impact. Minor signs of age and handling may be visible, consistent with an original Japanese theatrical poster of this period.

This is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1973 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 50 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.