{"product_id":"east-meets-west-original-release-movie-poster-1995-b2-size-51-x-73cm-i139-copy","title":"“East Meets West” \/ 「イースト・ミーツ・ウェスト」, Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1995, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA779","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"380\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"173\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"193\"\u003e1995\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"238\"\u003eEast Meets West\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「イースト・ミーツ・ウェスト」, the ambitious samurai-western adventure written and directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"341\"\u003eKihachi Okamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"379\"\u003eKazuyoshi Okuyama\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"787\"\u003eA highly unusual Japanese genre work, \u003cstrong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eEast Meets West\u003c\/strong\u003e fuses the samurai film with the American Western, staging a dramatic cultural collision between Japan and the frontier mythology of the United States. This poster captures that premise beautifully through its bold torn-paper layout, vivid desert imagery, and striking central image of a lone samurai standing in the landscape of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"996\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"808\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"811\"\u003eReleased in \u003cstrong data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"831\"\u003e1995\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"852\"\u003eEast Meets West\u003c\/strong\u003e follows Japanese samurai who travel to America, where their code, weapons, and worldview collide with the customs and violence of the Old West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1304\"\u003eDirected and written by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1041\"\u003eKihachi Okamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of Japan’s great genre filmmakers, the film stars \u003cstrong data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1116\"\u003eHiroyuki Sanada\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1136\"\u003eIttoku Kishibe\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1160\"\u003eNaoto Takenaka\u003c\/strong\u003e. It belongs to a fascinating late-career phase of Okamoto’s work, combining action, historical adventure, humour, and cross-cultural spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003eThe film is especially notable for its bold hybrid identity: part \u003cstrong data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1385\"\u003ejidaigeki\u003c\/strong\u003e, part \u003cstrong data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1403\"\u003eWestern\u003c\/strong\u003e, and part international adventure film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1830\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1462\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003eThe poster uses a dramatic \u003cstrong data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003etorn-paper collage motif\u003c\/strong\u003e, dividing the composition into cinematic fragments. At the centre, a samurai stands with his back to the viewer, katana drawn, facing the vast red-rock desert landscape of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1712\"\u003eMonument Valley\u003c\/strong\u003e. The image immediately communicates the film’s central idea: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003ethe samurai myth transported into the American West\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1988\"\u003eAcross the middle, the English title \u003cstrong data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"1888\"\u003eEAST MEETS WEST\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in large red block lettering, with the Japanese phonetic title \u003cstrong data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"1979\"\u003e「イースト・ミーツ・ウェスト」\u003c\/strong\u003e beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1990\" data-end=\"2023\"\u003eThe upper Japanese tagline reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2025\" data-end=\"2122\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2025\" data-end=\"2052\"\u003e「サムライは東から来た。少年は西で生まれた。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2055\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2122\"\u003e“The samurai came from the East. 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