“West Side Story” (ウエスト・サイド物語), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1972 Re-Release, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O113

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1972 for the domestic re-release of West Side Story (ウエスト・サイド物語)—the 1961 musical directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and released in Japan by United Artists. Reissue Japanese posters for this Oscar-sweeping classic—especially the 70 mm stereo campaign—are highly collectible.

Film background
An electrifying screen adaptation of the Broadway hit (music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Arthur Laurents), the film reimagines Romeo and Juliet amid New York’s street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. It won 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Supporting awards for Rita Moreno and George Chakiris, and remains a touchstone of American musical cinema.

Poster design
A dynamic country sheet: three dancers explode mid-leap across a cool gradient field, framed by vertical bars that read as both Manhattan skyline and musical notation. The monumental stacked logotype WEST SIDE STORY anchors the composition, while the white credits band carries the bold Japanese title 「ウエスト・サイド物語」 and a prominent red “70 mm” call-out. United Artists crediting and an Oscar statuette motif appear along the base with the Eirin mark—classic hallmarks of a high-impact re-release sheet.

This poster is in very good / excellent condition (please refer to the imagery of the exact poster for sale).

It is over 53 years old.

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.