{"product_id":"shocker-ショッカー-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1990-wes-craven-b2-size-51-73-cm-s198-copy","title":"“The Fire Within” (鬼火 \/ Le Feu Follet), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1977, Louis Malle, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) S199","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical release poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, printed for the \u003cstrong\u003e1977 first Japanese cinema release\u003c\/strong\u003e of Louis Malle’s extraordinary 1963 French drama \u003cstrong\u003eThe Fire Within\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLe Feu Follet\u003c\/em\u003e \/ 鬼火), starring \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Ronet\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Stewart and Jeanne Moreau\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough completed in \u003cstrong\u003e1963\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film did not receive its Japanese theatrical release until \u003cstrong\u003e6 August 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e, when it was distributed in Japan by \u003cstrong\u003eFrance Eigasha (フランス映画社)\u003c\/strong\u003e. The poster is therefore an authentic \u003cstrong\u003efirst-release Japanese theatrical sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than a later revival poster. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted by \u003cstrong\u003eLouis Malle\u003c\/strong\u003e from Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel \u003cem\u003eLe Feu follet\u003c\/em\u003e, the film follows \u003cstrong\u003eAlain Leroy\u003c\/strong\u003e, played with extraordinary restraint by Maurice Ronet, during the final days of a life consumed by alcoholism, alienation and profound emotional exhaustion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter treatment at a private clinic, Alain returns to Paris and visits a succession of old friends and former lovers. Their lives have moved forward—towards careers, families, wealth, politics or conventional adulthood—while Alain remains unable to locate any convincing reason to continue living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalle transforms this deceptively simple journey into an intensely intimate meditation on \u003cstrong\u003eloneliness, depression, memory, addiction, friendship and the inability to reconnect with life\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film was shot by \u003cstrong\u003eGhislain Cloquet\u003c\/strong\u003e, with music drawn from the works of \u003cstrong\u003eErik Satie\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose spare piano compositions are inseparable from the film’s melancholy atmosphere. It won the \u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Jury Prize at the 1963 Venice Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA superbly restrained Japanese design that perfectly reflects the film’s bleak, introspective character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is dominated by an enormous black-and-white portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Ronet as Alain\u003c\/strong\u003e, positioned across the lower half of the poster. His face is turned slightly upward, his open hands held before him in a gesture that feels simultaneously questioning, resigned and vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surrounding field is almost entirely \u003cstrong\u003edeep black\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the portrait extraordinary visual weight while creating a sense of emptiness and isolation around the character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the centre appears the French title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLE FEU FOLLET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eimmediately above the enormous Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e鬼火\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erendered in a striking \u003cstrong\u003eturquoise-green\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the only strong colour elements in the entire composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast between the cold green lettering and the monochrome imagery is exceptionally effective, giving the poster the sophisticated visual language of a late-1970s Japanese art-house release rather than conventional commercial film advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the upper right is a still-life arrangement of personal objects—papers, a typewriter and other fragments of Alain’s world—while a small monochrome portrait is set into the left side of the title area. These secondary elements feel almost like \u003cstrong\u003ememories or fragments of a life\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than conventional publicity stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe upper-left Japanese campaign copy reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「失なわれた陶酔の日々に別れを告げ\u003cbr\u003e果しない孤独の淵へ\u003cbr\u003e散ったアラン――」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— approximately:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Bidding farewell to his lost days of intoxication, Alain disappears into the bottomless depths of solitude…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster also prominently announces the film’s:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「ヴェネチア映画祭審査員特別賞」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eVenice Film Festival Special Jury Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand credits \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Ronet, Alexandra Stewart, Jeanne Moreau, Louis Malle, Ghislain Cloquet and Erik Satie\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an exceptionally elegant piece of Japanese film graphic design: \u003cstrong\u003eminimal, literary and psychologically charged\u003c\/strong\u003e, with none of the visual excess associated with more commercial campaigns of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Feu Follet\u003c\/em\u003e is now widely regarded as one of \u003cstrong\u003eLouis Malle’s major works\u003c\/strong\u003e and perhaps the definitive screen performance of Maurice Ronet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalle avoids melodrama almost completely, instead following Alain through cafés, apartments and conversations with a clinical calm that makes the film’s emotional despair considerably more powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film’s combination of \u003cstrong\u003eMalle’s direction, Ronet’s performance, Cloquet’s black-and-white photography and Erik Satie’s music\u003c\/strong\u003e creates a uniquely haunting atmosphere that has helped the picture retain its reputation as one of the great European studies of existential isolation. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe delayed Japanese release is also historically interesting. By \u003cstrong\u003e1977\u003c\/strong\u003e, Malle’s international reputation had grown substantially, allowing Japanese audiences to encounter this earlier masterpiece within the sophisticated art-house distribution culture that brought major European cinema to Japan during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is nearly \u003cstrong\u003e50 years old as a Japanese theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly strong surviving example with \u003cstrong\u003edeep blacks, crisp monochrome photography and excellent turquoise title colour\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster presents extremely cleanly overall, with only \u003cstrong\u003eminor age \/ handling and storage character\u003c\/strong\u003e visible on close inspection. The large uninterrupted dark areas remain particularly strong, which is important on a design where even moderate surface wear would be immediately obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse is also \u003cstrong\u003every clean overall\u003c\/strong\u003e, with only light evidence of age consistent with a genuine 1977 theatrical poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are \u003cstrong\u003eno major condition issues affecting the principal portrait, title, typography or margins\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the sheet retains exceptional visual impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce framed, it will display exceptionally well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review the front and reverse photographs carefully—they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a reproduction or reprint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57250770420090,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-09-10T054105.012.jpg?v=1788986615","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/shocker-%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%83%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1990-wes-craven-b2-size-51-73-cm-s198-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}