“The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear” (裸の銃を持つ男 PART 2 1/2), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1992 (film 1991), B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) E285

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster produced for the first Japanese cinema release of David Zucker’s The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (裸の銃を持つ男 PART 2 1/2), starring Leslie Nielsen as the catastrophically incompetent yet somehow successful Lt. Frank Drebin. The film was produced in 1991, and it first opened theatrically in Japan on 14 March 1992, distributed domestically by Paramount / UIP.

The second film in the hugely popular Naked Gun series reunites Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy and O. J. Simpson, with Robert Goulet joining the cast as villain Quentin Hapsburg. Directed and co-written by David Zucker, the film continues the rapid-fire visual gags, deadpan absurdity and movie parodies that made the original such a success, including spoofs of films such as Ghost.

Poster design
An absolutely superb Japan-only-style comedy composition dominated by an enormous image of Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, flying impossibly across a brilliant blue sky while brandishing a revolver and police badge. His arms and legs are humorously attached to giant bullet-like forms, turning Drebin himself into a human projectile.

Below, the New York skyline and World Trade Center establish the American setting, while a smaller comic vignette of Nielsen embracing Priscilla Presley adds another layer of deliberately absurd visual humour. A reproduction of the American box-office chart floats at upper right, reinforcing the Japanese campaign’s emphasis on the film’s major US commercial success.

Across the top, the headline reads 「アメリカを揺さぶる警部ドレビン旋風！」 — approximately “Inspector Drebin’s whirlwind shakes America!” — while the enormous Japanese title 裸の銃を持つ男 dominates the lower half, followed by the vivid red PART 2½.

The poster is a fantastic example of early-1990s Japanese Hollywood-film advertising: loud, colourful, completely over-the-top and perfectly matched to the film’s anarchic humour.

It is over 34 years old!

Condition
Excellent. The poster retains superb colour saturation, with the bright turquoise sky, vivid orange bullet imagery and bold white-and-red title printing remaining exceptionally strong. There are only very minor signs of handling consistent with age, with no significant condition issues affecting the central artwork or typography. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.