{"product_id":"apocalypse-now-地獄の黙示録-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1979-b2-size-51-73-cm-s37","title":"“Apocalypse Now” \/ 「地獄の黙示録」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) S37","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e produced for the first Japanese release campaign of \u003cstrong\u003eApocalypse Now \/ 「地獄の黙示録」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Francis Ford Coppola’s monumental Vietnam War epic starring \u003cstrong\u003eMarlon Brando, Martin Sheen, and Robert Duvall\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film premiered internationally in 1979 and opened theatrically in Japan in 1980. This poster prominently announces its triumph at the \u003cstrong\u003e1979 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e and uses the celebrated international artwork created by legendary illustrator \u003cstrong\u003eBob Peak\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoosely adapted from Joseph Conrad’s \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, the story relocates the novella’s journey into the wilderness to the height of the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin L. Willard\u003c\/strong\u003e is assigned a secret mission to travel upriver through Vietnam and Cambodia. His objective is to locate and assassinate \u003cstrong\u003eColonel Walter E. Kurtz\u003c\/strong\u003e, a decorated Special Forces officer who has abandoned military command and established his own violent domain deep within the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWillard joins the crew of a Navy patrol boat and travels through an increasingly surreal landscape of aerial attacks, devastated villages, military spectacle, fear, and moral collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he moves closer to Kurtz, the mission becomes less a conventional military operation than a descent into the psychological darkness produced by war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film was directed and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a screenplay by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Milius and Coppola\u003c\/strong\u003e, with cinematography by \u003cstrong\u003eVittorio Storaro\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe principal cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlon Brando\u003cbr\u003eMartin Sheen\u003cbr\u003eRobert Duvall\u003cbr\u003eFrederic Forrest\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Hall\u003cbr\u003eSam Bottoms\u003cbr\u003eLaurence Fishburne\u003cbr\u003eDennis Hopper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe score was composed by \u003cstrong\u003eCarmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e received the \u003cstrong\u003ePalme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e and won Academy Awards for \u003cstrong\u003eBest Cinematography\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBest Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e. It remains one of the most ambitious and influential war films ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis powerful Japanese poster uses an adaptation of \u003cstrong\u003eBob Peak’s iconic painted campaign artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e, dominated by fiery orange, red, black, and yellow tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vast setting sun fills the upper background, partially obscured by smoke and clouds. Across it moves a long formation of military helicopters, suggesting both the immense scale of the American war machine and the film’s hallucinatory atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Huey helicopter occupies the centre, viewed almost directly from the front. Its broad rotor blades stretch horizontally across the composition like a black cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow, the faces of \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Sheen as Willard\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMarlon Brando as Kurtz\u003c\/strong\u003e merge with the aircraft and surrounding darkness. Willard’s face is sharply illuminated and visibly marked by exhaustion, while Kurtz appears beside him as a shadowed, almost spectral presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack silhouettes of rifles frame the lower section, visually enclosing the two men within the machinery and violence of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt upper left appears the original hand-drawn English logo:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Apocalypse Now”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath it, the Japanese text reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「1979年カンヌ映画祭グランプリ受賞」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe accompanying line reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「フランシス・コッポラ作品」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A film by Francis Coppola.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe enormous Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「地獄の黙示録」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eappears across the bottom in bold white lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title may be translated literally as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Revelation of Hell.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compact credit block at lower right identifies \u003cstrong\u003eMarlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Vittorio Storaro\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Japanese distributor \u003cstrong\u003eNippon Herald Films\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an exceptionally forceful Japanese design, combining Bob Peak’s painterly imagery with severe Japanese typography and the visual language of military machinery, fire, and psychological collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent+ \/ near mint condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The poster retains strong orange, red, black, and white colour, clear photographic and painted detail, and excellent overall display impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReference: S37.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review both photographs carefully, including the reverse, as they show the exact poster and its condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese theatrical poster from the film’s first Japanese release campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a reproduction or reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is now over 45 years old.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57204050264442,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-08-26T083119.163.jpg?v=1787700767","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/apocalypse-now-%e5%9c%b0%e7%8d%84%e3%81%ae%e9%bb%99%e7%a4%ba%e9%8c%b2-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1979-b2-size-51-73-cm-s37","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}