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Japanese posters for the series are especially appealing for the way they often foreground the \u003cstrong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"817\"\u003ePink Panther character himself\u003c\/strong\u003e as a major graphic element, and this design is one of the most playful and visually memorable examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1425\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"942\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"945\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"974\"\u003eBlake Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e and featuring \u003cstrong data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1006\"\u003ePeter Sellers\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eHerbert Lom\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1042\"\u003eColin Blakely\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1064\"\u003eLeonard Rossiter\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1090\"\u003eLesley-Anne Down\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film follows the increasingly unhinged former Chief Inspector Dreyfus as he plots revenge on Clouseau with a fantastically absurd world-destruction scheme. 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