“Being John Malkovich” (マルコヴィッチの穴), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 2000, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O545
This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 2000 for the first Japanese theatrical release of Being John Malkovich (マルコヴィッチの穴), Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s modern cult classic. The film is a surreal dark comedy in which struggling puppeteer Craig Schwartz discovers a portal in a Manhattan office that leads directly into the mind of actor John Malkovich, with life‑altering consequences for everyone who steps through.
Film background
Being John Malkovich marked the feature‑film debuts of director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman and quickly became a touchstone of late‑1990s cinema. Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich as a heightened version of himself, the film blends absurdist comedy with philosophical questions about identity, desire and control. It received universal critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
Poster design
The Japanese B2 uses one of the film’s most iconic images. Filling the entire sheet is a dense crowd of people, each holding a stick with John Malkovich’s bald head as a mask in front of their own face—hundreds of Malkoviches staring directly at the viewer. Toward the bottom, the main characters (Cusack, Diaz, Keener and Malkovich) stand in the front row, their real faces visible but still holding masks, underscoring the film’s obsession with performance and self‑image. Japanese copy at the top teases the film’s boundless imagination, while the title “マルコヴィッチの穴” and the English subtitle “Being John Malkovich” anchor the lower section above the credits. It’s a striking, slightly unsettling design that perfectly encapsulates the movie’s off‑kilter tone.
This poster is in excellent condition (please refer to the imagery of the exact poster for sale).
It is over 25 years old.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
