{"product_id":"assault-girls-アサルトガールズ-original-first-release-japanese-movie-poster-2009-b2-size-51-73-cm-za699","title":"“Assault Girls” \/ 「アサルトガールズ」, Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 2009, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA699","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"414\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"166\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"186\"\u003e2009\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"229\"\u003eAssault Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「アサルトガールズ」, the visually audacious science-fiction feature directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"319\"\u003eMamoru Oshii\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"349\"\u003eMeisa Kuroki\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"368\"\u003eRinko Kikuchi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"386\"\u003eHinako Saeki\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"413\"\u003eYoshikatsu Fujiki\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"890\"\u003eA distinctive late-period Oshii project, \u003cstrong data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"474\"\u003eAssault Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e occupies a fascinating place within the director’s live-action work. Set within a stark virtual battleground and built around atmosphere, design, and action imagery rather than conventional narrative momentum, it has become a cult title admired for its world-building, futuristic iconography, and unmistakable auteur sensibility. This original Japanese poster is especially striking in person and displays superbly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1094\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"911\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"914\"\u003eReleased in Japan in \u003cstrong data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"943\"\u003e2009\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"962\"\u003eAssault Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e was written and directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1007\"\u003eMamoru Oshii\u003c\/strong\u003e, the celebrated filmmaker behind \u003cstrong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1063\"\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003ePatlabor\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003eAvalon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1502\"\u003eThe film is set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic virtual combat zone known as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1186\"\u003eAvalon(f)\u003c\/strong\u003e, where players hunt giant creatures in order to advance through the game’s deadly hierarchy. The story follows a small band of hunters—three women and one man—equipped with sniper rifles, heavy weapons, and advanced battlefield gear as they confront enormous sand-dwelling monsters in a barren futuristic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1856\"\u003eThe principal cast includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1548\"\u003eMeisa Kuroki\u003c\/strong\u003e as Gray, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1575\"\u003eRinko Kikuchi\u003c\/strong\u003e as Lucifer, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1604\"\u003eHinako Saeki\u003c\/strong\u003e as Colonel, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1642\"\u003eYoshikatsu Fujiki\u003c\/strong\u003e as Jäger. Long admired for its design ambition, the film is particularly noted for its \u003cstrong data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"1810\"\u003eatmospheric visual effects, surreal combat imagery, and music by Kenji Kawai\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of Oshii’s most important collaborators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1858\" data-end=\"2095\"\u003eThough critically divisive on release, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1914\"\u003eAssault Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e has since drawn appreciation from viewers interested in Oshii’s more experimental work, especially for its visual imagination and its continuation of themes explored in \u003cstrong data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2094\"\u003eAvalon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2452\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2114\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2114\" data-end=\"2117\"\u003eThe poster is a bold and densely layered composition, entirely in keeping with the film’s stylised futuristic world. 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Beneath this interface stand the armed hunters in silhouette, positioned against a monumental science-fiction landscape and reinforcing the film’s themes of combat, game-logic, and virtual identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2872\" data-end=\"2928\"\u003eThe right side carries the enormous calligraphic slogan:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"2960\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"2941\"\u003e「ぶっ放せ。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2941\" data-end=\"2944\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2944\" data-end=\"2960\"\u003e“Fire away.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3488\"\u003eOn the left, a yellow text block promotes the film as a large-scale SF entertainment in which \u003cstrong data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3144\"\u003ethree beautiful female hunters clash with gigantic monsters on a virtual battlefield\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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