This is an original Japanese B2 cinema event poster printed in 1985 for the Akira Kurosawa Film Festival (黒澤明フェスティバル / AKIRA KUROSAWA FESTIVAL) held at テアトルダイヤ (Theatre Dia / Theatre Dial), Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The dates are printed on the sheet: 9/7 → 10/11.
Festival / context
Rather than advertising a single title, this poster functions as a complete programme schedule—a true street poster for Kurosawa fans, listing specific films and screening windows across the festival run. The lower panel carries the venue/area line 池袋駅東口サンシャイン・60階通り (“Ikebukuro Station East Exit / Sunshine 60 Street”) and the theatre telephone number 983-9793, anchoring it directly to a real Ikebukuro cinema listing.
Notable titles shown on the schedule include: Rashomon (羅生門), Yojimbo (用心棒), Sanjuro (椿三十郎), The Hidden Fortress (隠し砦の三悪人), High and Low (天国と地獄), Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城), The Lower Depths (どん底), The Idiot (白痴), Drunken Angel (酔いどれ天使), Ikiru (生きる), Scandal (醜聞), Red Beard (赤ひげ), and The Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘).
Poster design
A bold, modernist black layout with grid-based film stills, date blocks, and clean bilingual titling. The large portrait of Kurosawa at top right, paired with the tightly organised schedule typography, gives it an unmistakable repertory cinema aesthetic—functional, graphic, and genuinely rare as a surviving piece of 1980s Tokyo film culture.
Condition
Very Good / Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
It is over 41 years old!
Certificate of Authenticity included.
