“SF Body Snatcher / Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (SFボディ・スナッチャー), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 1978, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) ZA490

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed for the late‑1970s Japanese release of Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the acclaimed remake of the 1956 sci‑fi classic. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright, the film relocates the story to San Francisco, turning the city’s streets and offices into a paranoid nightmare as human “pod people” quietly replace the living.

Film background
Kaufman’s version is widely regarded as one of the smartest and most unsettling remakes in genre history, updating Cold War anxieties into a bleak portrait of urban alienation and institutional mistrust. Its chilling final shot and body‑horror imagery have kept it a staple of repertory screenings and horror retrospectives for decades.

Poster design
The Japanese B2 design leans into abstraction and dread. A grainy, ochre‑toned field fills the sheet, with the huge “SF” and bold Japanese title floating like warning beacons. A silhouetted group of figures sprints across the surface, their elongated shadows trailing behind them, evoking both flight and inexorable pursuit. At lower right, a spiral vortex suggests hypnosis or cosmic disturbance, while beneath it a cluster of photographic stills shows Donald Sutherland’s anguished face and Veronica Cartwright’s iconic scream. The small English logotype “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” sits embedded in the typography, linking this distinctive Japanese layout back to the international campaign.

Condition
Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale. 

This is an original Japanese theatrical B2 poster from the film’s original Japanese release.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 45 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.