"Flower and Snake: Sketch of Hell", Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1985, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O295

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1985 for Hana to Hebi: Jigoku-hen (花と蛇 地獄篇), adapted from the notorious SM fiction of Dan Oniroku (団鬼六) and directed by Shōgorō Nishimura from a screenplay by Chihō Katsura. A late-period Nikkatsu Roman Porno entry, the film stars Kaori Asō (麻生かおり) with Mami Fujimura (藤村真美) and carries the studio’s signature mix of decadent erotica and psychological power play—an influential strand of Japanese pink cinema that shaped underground aesthetics and fashion imagery far beyond the 1980s.

Film background
Building on the Flower and Snake cycle launched in the 1970s, Sketch of Hell pushes the series’ themes of obsession, humiliation, and consent games into a baroque chamber drama—part thriller, part fever dream—crafted by veterans of the Roman Porno era.

Poster design
A lavish, hand-painted key visual fills the sheet: a bound heroine rendered in porcelain skin tones and silk-orange kimono, head tipped back in rapture/anguish. At right, a dripping candle fixed in a metal holder doubles as a menacing “instrument,” its wax motif echoing throughout. Bold vertical copy in red and blue frames the figure, while the deep-blue brush title 「花と蛇」 stacks over the subtitle 「地獄篇」 near the base. The 映倫 rating seal (No. 85244 / “m”) sits lower right, confirming first-run theatrical issue, with full Nikkatsu-style cast/crew credits along the foot.

Condition
Excellent condition. Please review the photos; they show the exact poster for sale.

This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1985 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 40 years old!

Certificate of Authenticity included.