{"product_id":"piranha-ピラニア-original-japanese-movie-poster-1978-japanese-first-release-b2-size-51-73-cm-o149","title":"“Piranha” (ピラニア), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1978, Japanese First Release, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O149","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"487\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1978 for the first domestic theatrical release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"212\"\u003ePiranha\u003c\/strong\u003e (ピラニア), directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"246\"\u003eJoe Dante\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eRoger Corman’s\u003c\/strong\u003e New World Pictures, with Japanese distribution by \u003cstrong data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"350\"\u003eUnited Artists\u003c\/strong\u003e. First-issue Japanese posters for late-’70s creature features—especially cult titles launched by Corman’s stable—are highly collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"1021\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"508\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"511\"\u003eWhen two hikers disappear at a shuttered military test site, a boozy investigator and a skip-tracer accidentally unleash a school of genetically altered piranha into the local river system. The fish sweep toward a summer resort and children’s camp, setting off a darkly comic, fast-cutting thriller headlined by \u003cstrong data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"843\"\u003eBradford Dillman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"864\"\u003eHeather Menzies\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"884\"\u003eKevin McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"901\"\u003eKeenan Wynn\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"925\"\u003eBarbara Steele\u003c\/strong\u003e. The film became a drive-in hit and a calling card for Dante’s effects-driven, satirical style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1533\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1040\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1043\"\u003eA sensational country sheet: a screaming swimmer bursts from the water while a swarm of razor-toothed piranha surge upward from the deep, the largest lunging open-jawed beneath her. The sea-blue field grades to inky black at the base, where the slashed scarlet logotype 「ピラニア」 detonates across the width, paired with the small English title. United Artists crediting and the Eirin mark run along the footer—classic hallmarks of an authentic first-release sheet with explosive wall presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1535\" data-end=\"1632\"\u003eThis poster is in excellent condition (please refer to the imagery of the exact poster for sale).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1634\" data-end=\"1658\"\u003eIt is over 45 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1698\"\u003eIt is not a reproduction or a reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1737\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56802270740858,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-04-14T160026.346.jpg?v=1776150069","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/piranha-%e3%83%94%e3%83%a9%e3%83%8b%e3%82%a2-original-japanese-movie-poster-1978-japanese-first-release-b2-size-51-73-cm-o149","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}