"The Swarm (スウォーム)", Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1978, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O265

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1978 for Irwin Allen’s disaster-horror spectacle The Swarm. Riding the wave of 1970s catastrophe cinema, Allen assembled an all-star cast—Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, José Ferrer, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Henry Fonda, and Fred MacMurray—and paired them with a thunderous Jerry Goldsmith score. The film crystallised late-’70s anxieties (ecology, militarisation, technological hubris) in a pulp package that remains a cult favorite for its scale and bravura set-pieces.

Film background
Adapted from Arthur Herzog’s novel, the story follows a myrmecologist (Caine) and military brass battling an invading cloud of Africanized killer bees as it bears down on the American South. The production’s practical effects, miniatures, and thousands of real bees made it one of the era’s most ambitious creature features, and a signature entry in Allen’s disaster cycle.

Poster design
A stark, high-impact composition built around a vast, sooty swarm cloud devouring a tilted, monochrome cityscape—an elegant metaphor for inexorable menace. Above, the Japanese title 「スウォーム」 in blazing red kana dominates a black field, flanked by the English logo THE SWARM and a marquee strip of star portraits—a who’s-who of the ensemble. A header tagline sounds the alarm: 「スウォーム警報発令！地球最後のスペクタクルが始まった！」 (“Swarm alert! The last spectacle on Earth has begun!”). A row of stills along the foot teases explosions, command-center drama, and large-scale destruction, with the Warner Bros. logo and Japanese credit block completing the lower border.

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

This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1978 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 47 years old!

Certificate of Authenticity included.