{"product_id":"falling-down-フォーリング-ダウン-original-japanese-movie-poster-1993-b2-size-51-5-72-8-cm-h276","title":"“Falling Down” \/ 「フォーリング・ダウン」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1993, B2 Size (51.5 × 72.8 cm) H276","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"304\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"156\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cem data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"207\"\u003eFalling Down\u003c\/em\u003e \/ 「フォーリング・ダウン」, Joel Schumacher’s powerful 1993 psychological thriller starring Michael Douglas.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"685\"\u003eThis striking Japanese design captures the film’s central idea with remarkable clarity: the collapse of an apparently ordinary man under the pressures of modern urban life. With its bold typography, stark composition, and strong visual emphasis on Michael Douglas’s character, it is one of the most memorable Japanese posters produced for an American thriller of the early 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"706\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"706\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"907\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"722\"\u003eFalling Down\u003c\/em\u003e follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"749\"\u003eWilliam Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e, often referred to in the film as \u003cstrong data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"796\"\u003e“D-Fens”\u003c\/strong\u003e, an unemployed and divorced former defence worker who becomes trapped in a sweltering Los Angeles traffic jam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1128\"\u003eAlready emotionally unstable and increasingly unable to cope with the frustrations of his life, he abandons his car on the freeway and begins walking across the city in an attempt to reach his daughter’s birthday party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1356\"\u003eWhat begins as a tense personal breakdown gradually escalates into a violent, episodic journey through urban America, as Foster clashes with shopkeepers, gang members, construction workers, police, and strangers along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1440\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1389\"\u003eJoel Schumacher\u003c\/strong\u003e, the screenplay was written by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1439\"\u003eEbbe Roe Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1737\"\u003eThe film stars \u003cstrong data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1476\"\u003eMichael Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e as William Foster and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1516\"\u003eRobert Duvall\u003c\/strong\u003e as Sergeant Martin Prendergast, the veteran police officer who gradually pieces together Foster’s path of destruction. The supporting cast includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1736\"\u003eBarbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld, and Frederic Forrest\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"2061\"\u003eThe film was widely discussed on release for its unsettling portrait of social anger, disillusionment, alienation, and masculine collapse. Over time it has become a major \u003cstrong data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"1926\"\u003ecult classic\u003c\/strong\u003e, admired for Michael Douglas’s performance and for its dark, uncomfortable exploration of the “ordinary man pushed too far” narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2080\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2080\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2148\"\u003eThe poster uses a stark and highly effective vertical composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2445\"\u003eAt the centre stands \u003cstrong data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2208\"\u003eMichael Douglas as William Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e, isolated against a pale, washed-out city backdrop. He is dressed in a short-sleeved white office shirt, black tie, black trousers, and glasses, presenting the outward appearance of a respectable middle-class salaryman or office worker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2447\" data-end=\"2650\"\u003eIn his left hand he carries a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2496\"\u003eblack briefcase\u003c\/strong\u003e, the symbol of his former corporate identity. In his right hand he grips a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2572\" data-end=\"2595\"\u003epump-action shotgun\u003c\/strong\u003e, instantly shattering that image of routine normality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2769\"\u003eThis contrast is the central visual idea of the poster: the respectable commuter transformed into a figure of menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2771\" data-end=\"3079\"\u003eFoster stands atop a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2792\" data-end=\"2821\"\u003ebroken concrete structure\u003c\/strong\u003e in a patch of rough urban wasteland, with weeds and overgrowth surrounding him. Behind him, a pale pinkish-grey \u003cstrong data-start=\"2934\" data-end=\"2957\"\u003eLos Angeles skyline\u003c\/strong\u003e rises in soft silhouette, creating a hazy, oppressive atmosphere suggestive of heat, pollution, and emotional exhaustion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3081\" data-end=\"3302\"\u003eAt the lower right, a small, almost dreamlike image of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3136\" data-end=\"3171\"\u003ehis estranged wife and daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in soft focus, visually reinforcing the distance between Foster and the domestic life he believes he is trying to reclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3378\"\u003eThe entire design communicates isolation, tension, and simmering collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3380\" data-end=\"3423\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3380\" data-end=\"3423\"\u003eTypography and Japanese campaign design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3595\"\u003eThe Japanese typography is bold, aggressive, and very much in keeping with the high-impact style often used to market Hollywood thrillers in Japan during the early 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3597\" data-end=\"3643\"\u003eThe enormous vertical text on the right reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3676\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3676\"\u003e「全米の話題を独占した\u003cbr data-start=\"3658\" data-end=\"3661\"\u003eハイテンション・ムービー」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3678\" data-end=\"3711\"\u003eThis translates approximately as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3713\" data-end=\"3785\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3713\" data-end=\"3785\"\u003e“The high-tension movie that dominated conversation across America!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3787\" data-end=\"3829\"\u003eThe large vertical text on the left reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3831\" data-end=\"3870\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3831\" data-end=\"3870\"\u003e「『氷の微笑』『危険な情事』の\u003cbr data-start=\"3848\" data-end=\"3851\"\u003eマイケル・ダグラス衝撃の最新作。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3872\" data-end=\"3905\"\u003eThis translates approximately as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3907\" data-end=\"4008\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3907\" data-end=\"4008\"\u003e“The shocking latest work from Michael Douglas, star of ‘Basic Instinct’ and ‘Fatal Attraction.’”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4010\" data-end=\"4139\"\u003eThese taglines place heavy emphasis on Douglas’s star power and frame the film as an intense, major-event psychological thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4141\" data-end=\"4185\"\u003eAcross the lower centre, the Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4187\" data-end=\"4203\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4187\" 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data-end=\"4614\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4599\" data-end=\"4614\"\u003eDesign note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4616\" data-end=\"4746\"\u003eThis poster is particularly effective because it avoids clutter and instead builds its impact through \u003cstrong data-start=\"4718\" data-end=\"4745\"\u003esimplicity and contrast\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4748\" data-end=\"4926\"\u003eRather than presenting a montage of action scenes, it focuses almost entirely on the image of Foster himself: one man, one briefcase, one gun, and one city collapsing around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4928\" data-end=\"5090\"\u003eThe pale skyline, ruined foreground, and oversized Japanese text all reinforce the film’s themes of urban stress, personal disintegration, and social frustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5092\" data-end=\"5243\"\u003eIt is an especially strong Japanese poster for collectors of \u003cstrong 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data-start=\"5966\" data-end=\"5986\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5966\" data-end=\"5986\"\u003eReference: H276.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5988\" data-end=\"6072\"\u003ePlease review the photographs carefully, as they show the \u003cstrong data-start=\"6046\" data-end=\"6071\"\u003eexact poster for sale\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6074\" data-end=\"6175\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6074\" data-end=\"6130\"\u003eThis is an original 1993 Japanese theatrical poster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"6130\" data-end=\"6133\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6133\" data-end=\"6175\"\u003eIt is not a reproduction or a reprint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6177\" data-end=\"6209\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6177\" data-end=\"6209\"\u003eIt is now over 30 years old.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6211\" data-end=\"6252\" data-is-last-node=\"\" 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