"Ran", Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1985, Extremely Rare B0 “Helmet Style” Billboard, 102cm x 147cm
Sale price$950.00
Ran (1985) — Original Japanese B0 “Helmet Style” Billboard Poster
This is an original, ultra-rare Japanese B0 “Helmet Style” billboard poster for the first theatrical release of Ran (乱), Akira Kurosawa’s late-career masterpiece.
Printed in a massive B0 format — 102 × 147 cm — this billboard size is among the most coveted by collectors and cinema connoisseurs. Its scale gives the image a commanding architectural presence, particularly with the dramatic samurai helmet set against the glowing red horizon.
Exceptionally rare: B0 billboards for Ran surface only infrequently, and this striking “Helmet Style” design is one of the most visually powerful posters produced for the film. One of five large-format Japanese designs created to promote the release, a campaign that must have formed a formidable display in theatres at the time of the film’s premiere.
The poster has been carefully stored for nearly 40 years and presents very well for a large-format vintage theatrical poster. Please note visible signs of age and handling consistent with its scale and period, including creases, surface marks, edge wear, and pin/tack holes, as shown in the photographs. Please refer to the images provided—what you see is exactly what you’ll receive.
Directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, Ran stars Tatsuya Nakadai and reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear amid Sengoku-era warfare—an epic of betrayal, succession, and the fall of a warlord, staged with Kurosawa’s unmatched command of color, composition, and battle spectacle.
While Kurosawa is world-famous for his samurai epics, Ran stands among his crowning achievements—grand, operatic, and visually overwhelming.
It is over 40 years old!
This poster is in very good vintage condition. Please review the imagery front and back; it shows the exact poster for sale.
