“Die Hard” (ダイ・ハード), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1988, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q45
This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster produced for the Japanese release of Die Hard—John McTiernan’s era-defining action thriller starring Bruce Willis as NYPD detective John McClane. Released at the end of the 1980s, the film reset the modern action template: a single, contained location; escalating set-pieces; and a protagonist defined as much by exhaustion and grit as by heroics.
Poster design
A brilliantly high-impact Japanese design built around the film’s core iconography: the towering high-rise (Nakatomi Plaza) rendered as a vertical centrepiece, crowned by a blast of fire and smoke, with the night-city sprawl slicing in from the left. At right, a stark, close-cropped portrait of McClane locks the image to a human scale—panic, focus, and determination in one frame. The huge red katakana title 「ダイ・ハード」 anchors the bottom like a siren, with dense copy promising a “40-storey battlefield” spectacle—pure late-’80s action marketing at its most powerful.
Condition
Very Good. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale. We have taken the condition into account when pricing. Once framed, this poster will display very well.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
It is over 37 years old!
