“A View to a Kill” (007／美しき獲物たち), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1985, Ultra Rare Horizontal B2 Size (73 × 51 cm) Q165

This is an original Japanese horizontal B2 poster printed in 1985 for the first theatrical release of A View to a Kill (007／美しき獲物たち), the fourteenth official James Bond film and Roger Moore’s final appearance as 007. Original Japanese posters for the film are highly collectible, and this is an especially desirable rare horizontal variant featuring an unusual still-based design rather than the more commonly seen international key art.

Film background
Released in 1985, A View to a Kill was directed by John Glen and stars Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, and Dolph Lundgren. The film follows Bond as he investigates industrialist Max Zorin, whose plan threatens catastrophic destruction in Silicon Valley. As Moore’s last outing in the role, the film occupies a distinct place in Bond history, bridging the classic 1970s–80s era with the end of his long tenure as the character. It is also remembered for its striking villains, Paris and San Francisco locations, and the hit theme song performed by Duran Duran.

Poster design
This is a superb and highly unusual Japanese release design. Rather than relying on the standard painted campaign artwork, this variant uses a dramatic full-bleed photographic still from the film’s snowy opening sequence, showing Bond pursued through a frozen landscape of towering ice walls and Alpine danger.

The composition is almost abstract in its simplicity: immense blue-white ice formations frame the image on both sides, while small silhouetted figures move across the ridge above. Below, Bond appears isolated within the frozen terrain, creating a strong sense of scale, danger, and pursuit. The result is far more cinematic and atmospheric than the usual action-montage campaign poster.

The red Japanese title logo 007／美しき獲物たち sits at lower left, allowing the icy image to dominate the sheet. The horizontal format gives the poster a widescreen quality, almost like an enlarged production still, and makes it a particularly refined display piece.

For collectors, this is exactly what makes the sheet so appealing: it is a much scarcer Japanese horizontal B2 with a very different visual identity from the standard release poster.

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

It is over 40 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.