"Eastern Promises", Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 2008, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) N56

This is an original Japanese poster printed in 2008 for the first theatrical release of Eastern Promises (イースタン・プロミス) in Japan.

Film background
Directed by David Cronenberg, the London-set crime thriller follows midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) as she uncovers a diary that links a newborn child to the Russian mafia. The film is renowned for its brutal realism, Viggo Mortensen’s Academy Award-nominated performance as enigmatic driver Nikolai, and the now-legendary Turkish-bath knife fight. Winner of the People’s Choice Award at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Poster design
Printed in standard B2 format, this Japanese campaign features:

• Stark black field dominated by a close-crop of tattooed knuckle-to-wrist hands clasped over a closed flick-knife—visual shorthand for the Vory v Zakone underworld.

• Cast strip below the hands pairing profile shots of Mortensen and Watts against warm, defocused bokeh.

• Gold kanji headline announcing Mortensen’s 2008 Oscar® Best Actor nomination and Golden Globe nods.

• Title イースタン・プロミス rendered in distressed metallic lettering with blood-red tagline underscoring the inevitability of vows kept:
  果たすべき約束がある。たとえ、あなたが何者であっても—
  (“There is a promise to fulfil, whoever you may be.”)
  

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 17 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.

N56