{"product_id":"kagero-za-陽炎座-original-japanese-re-release-movie-poster-2001-b1-size-73-103-cm-ia24","title":"“Kagero-za” (陽炎座), Original Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster 2001, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) IA24","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"111\" data-end=\"555\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese \u003cstrong data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"153\"\u003eB1 poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"173\"\u003e2001\u003c\/strong\u003e for the theatrical re-release of \u003cem data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"218\"\u003eKagero-za\u003c\/em\u003e (陽炎座), \u003cstrong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"245\"\u003eSeijun Suzuki’s\u003c\/strong\u003e haunting 1981 masterpiece. This is not the 1981 first-release poster, but the later \u003cstrong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"352\"\u003e2001 revival issue\u003c\/strong\u003e, identifiable by the small credit line at the bottom noting distribution by \u003cstrong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"454\"\u003eLittle More Co., Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e, the company responsible for the important early-2000s revival of Suzuki’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"554\"\u003eTaishō Roman Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"572\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"1197\"\u003eOriginally released in 1981, \u003cem data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"614\"\u003eKagero-za\u003c\/em\u003e stars \u003cstrong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"639\"\u003eYūsaku Matsuda\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eMichiyo Ookusu\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"680\"\u003eKatsuo Nakamura\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"697\"\u003eMariko Kaga\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"719\"\u003eEriko Kusuta\u003c\/strong\u003e, and is widely regarded as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"769\"\u003emiddle chapter\u003c\/strong\u003e of Suzuki’s celebrated \u003cstrong data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"817\"\u003eTaishō Roman Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside \u003cem data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"845\"\u003eZigeunerweisen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"858\"\u003eYumeji\u003c\/em\u003e. Set in the Taishō era, the film follows playwright Matsuzaki as he becomes caught in an increasingly strange and unsettling romantic and supernatural entanglement involving a mysterious woman who may be tied to the dead. Dreamlike, theatrical, and richly stylised, it stands as one of the great late works of Japanese avant-garde cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1504\"\u003eThe 2001 re-release is historically significant in its own right. These revival screenings helped reassert Suzuki’s standing for a new generation of audiences and contributed to the broad international recognition of his late-period work after decades of marginalisation within the Japanese film industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1519\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"2000\"\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003esuperb and highly atmospheric\u003c\/strong\u003e re-release design. The poster captures a central image of the two leads seated within a highly stylised interior, surrounded by blood-red painted forms, dark lacquered space, and screen-like partitions that perfectly evoke the film’s hallucinatory world. The large vertical red title has tremendous impact, while the balance of kimono pattern, shadow, and theatrical staging gives the image a distinctly literary and dreamlike quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2243\"\u003eIt is an exceptionally strong visual distillation of what collectors admire most in Suzuki’s cinema: heightened colour, erotic unease, artificiality embraced as beauty, and an atmosphere that seems suspended between dream, memory, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2538\"\u003eAs a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2250\" data-end=\"2263\"\u003eB1 poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is also notably scarcer than the standard B2 format and has much stronger wall presence. Large-format Japanese re-release posters of this kind were produced in smaller quantities for theatre display, which makes them especially appealing as collector statement pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2540\" data-end=\"2549\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2980\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2639\"\u003eExcellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3010\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3009\"\u003eover 25 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3012\" data-end=\"3054\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"3018\" data-end=\"3053\"\u003enot a reproduction or a reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3097\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3097\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56819045695866,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/man-looking-at-an-art-gallery-wall_14.jpg?v=1776548126","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/kagero-za-%e9%99%bd%e7%82%8e%e5%ba%a7-original-japanese-re-release-movie-poster-2001-b1-size-73-103-cm-ia24","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}