{"product_id":"dogra-magra-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1988-b2-size-51-73-cm-m162","title":"“Dogra Magra”, Original Japanese First Release Movie Poster 1988, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) M162","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 poster printed in 1988 for the film’s first theatrical release\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cem\u003eDogra Magra\u003c\/em\u003e (ドグラ・マグラ), Toshio Matsumoto’s hallucinatory adaptation of Kyūsaku Yumeno’s celebrated 1935 novel. Released in Japan on \u003cstrong\u003e15 October 1988\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film stars \u003cstrong\u003eYōji Matsuda, Shijaku Katsura, Hideo Murota, Eri Misawa, Kyōko Enami, Morimoto Leo,\u003c\/strong\u003e and Fumio Watanabe. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster is particularly significant for its extraordinary artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eKeiichi Ohta (太田螢一)\u003c\/strong\u003e, presented within a design by \u003cstrong\u003eRyoichi Enomoto (榎本了壱)\u003c\/strong\u003e. This collaboration produced one of the most distinctive Japanese film posters of the late 1980s. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story begins when an unidentified young man awakens inside a psychiatric hospital with no memory of his identity or past. Two doctors attempt to reconstruct his history, gradually linking him to a possible attempted murder, a mysterious manuscript, hereditary experimentation, and a labyrinthine series of events in which memory, hallucination, and objective reality become increasingly impossible to separate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than translating Yumeno’s notoriously complex novel into a conventional mystery, Matsumoto constructs a \u003cstrong\u003epsychological and visual maze concerned with identity, inherited memory, madness, medical authority, and the reliability of consciousness itself\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film was directed by \u003cstrong\u003eToshio Matsumoto\u003c\/strong\u003e, the experimental filmmaker behind \u003cem\u003eFuneral Parade of Roses\u003c\/em\u003e, from a screenplay written with \u003cstrong\u003eAtsushi Yamatoya\u003c\/strong\u003e. Cinematography was by Tatsuo Suzuki, production design by Takeo Kimura, and music by Haruna Miyake. The completed film runs approximately 109 minutes. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Japanese B2 is dominated by a \u003cstrong\u003esurreal, grotesquely caricatured illustration by Keiichi Ohta\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose strange retro-modern imagery perfectly complements the film’s atmosphere of medical anxiety and psychological disorientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre, a bald physician wearing round spectacles and surgical gloves holds a syringe with exaggerated delicacy. His compressed facial features, pursed lips, and half-closed eyes give him an expression that is simultaneously clinical, comic, and deeply unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeside him, a distressed woman bends over a large cylindrical vessel, her wet black hair falling across her face. Within the transparent container appears another partially submerged female figure, introducing disturbing associations with \u003cstrong\u003emedical experimentation, confinement, reproduction, and fragmented identity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe four corners contain photographic portraits of the principal characters, creating a tension between the film’s live-action reality and Ohta’s distorted illustrated world. The poster is framed by decorative red and green borders reminiscent of early printed advertisements, theatrical handbills, and illustrated medical catalogues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the upper portion, the title appears in enormous scarlet typography:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「ドグラ・マグラ」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Dogra Magra”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath it, the green credits identify:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「原作◆夢野久作」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Original novel by Kyūsaku Yumeno”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「監督◆松本俊夫」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Directed by Toshio Matsumoto”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small \u003cstrong\u003eOHTA KEIICHI \/ TAKEI-style artist device\u003c\/strong\u003e at upper left identifies the poster’s illustrated authorship, while the lower border retains the original production, distribution, running-time, and colour-format information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork and cultural significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeiichi Ohta is known for an idiosyncratic visual language combining \u003cstrong\u003epre-war commercial illustration, medical diagrams, grotesque caricature, Surrealism, and nostalgic industrial imagery\u003c\/strong\u003e. His work for \u003cem\u003eDogra Magra\u003c\/em\u003e does not merely advertise the film; it creates an independent visual interpretation of Yumeno and Matsumoto’s universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster’s theatrical design was overseen by Ryoichi Enomoto, an important Japanese art director and graphic designer. Its combination of Ohta’s detailed illustration, aggressive title lettering, ornamental framing, and photographic inserts has subsequently been recognised within exhibitions devoted to important Japanese film-poster design. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an original theatrical poster for one of the most ambitious Japanese literary adaptations of the 1980s, it holds particular interest for collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eexperimental cinema, Japanese graphic design, cult film, and post-war illustration\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/strong\u003e The poster retains strong colour, crisp illustrated detail, and excellent overall display impact. Light evidence of period handling are consistent with an authentic Japanese theatrical poster of this age. Please review the photograph—it shows the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poster is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1988 first-release campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIt is \u003cstrong\u003enot a reproduction or a modern reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is approximately \u003cstrong\u003e38 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124074193274,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-07-29T145913.506.jpg?v=1785304904","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/dogra-magra-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1988-b2-size-51-73-cm-m162","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}