{"product_id":"the-shining-シャイニング-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1980-b2-size-51-73-cm-za394","title":"“The Shining” \/ 「シャイニング」, Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1980, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA394","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"370\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"162\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the first Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eThe Shining \/ 「シャイニング」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stanley Kubrick’s landmark 1980 psychological horror film starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"369\"\u003eJack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"657\"\u003eAdapted from Stephen King’s novel, the film transforms the isolated Overlook Hotel into one of cinema’s most disturbing environments. This Japanese campaign design focuses on its most famous confrontation: Jack Torrance breaking through the bathroom door while Wendy recoils in terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"678\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"678\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"890\"\u003eStruggling writer and recovering alcoholic \u003cstrong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"740\"\u003eJack Torrance\u003c\/strong\u003e accepts a winter position as caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel, moving into the vast mountain resort with his wife, Wendy, and young son, Danny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1181\"\u003eAs heavy snow cuts the family off from the outside world, Danny’s psychic ability—known as “the shining”—reveals violent traces of the hotel’s past. Jack gradually becomes consumed by its supernatural influence, turning against his family as the building’s history begins to repeat itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1373\"\u003eKubrick approaches the story through precise compositions, unnerving tracking shots, oppressive architecture, and an increasingly disorienting relationship between reality and hallucination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1523\"\u003eThe film was directed and produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1432\"\u003eStanley Kubrick\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a screenplay written with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1482\"\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e, based on the novel by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1522\"\u003eStephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1525\" data-end=\"1553\"\u003eThe principal cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1623\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1623\"\u003eJack Nicholson\u003cbr data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1574\"\u003eShelley Duvall\u003cbr data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1591\"\u003eScatman Crothers\u003cbr data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1610\"\u003eDanny Lloyd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1855\"\u003eIts extensive use of the newly developed \u003cstrong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1679\"\u003eSteadicam\u003c\/strong\u003e allowed the camera to glide through the hotel’s corridors and maze-like interiors, helping establish a visual language that profoundly influenced subsequent horror filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1874\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1874\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1986\"\u003eThis powerful Japanese poster uses a sharply divided photographic montage beneath a bold black headline panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2193\"\u003eAt left, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2032\"\u003eJack Nicholson as Jack Torrance\u003c\/strong\u003e forces his face through the splintered bathroom door. His fixed eyes, exposed teeth, and ecstatic expression capture the character at the height of his madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2195\" data-end=\"2443\"\u003eAt right, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2241\"\u003eShelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance\u003c\/strong\u003e presses herself against the wall, screaming while holding a kitchen knife. A blurred axe sweeps across the foreground, introducing immediate movement and danger into the otherwise tightly framed scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2445\" data-end=\"2609\"\u003eThe juxtaposition places hunter and victim within a single continuous visual field, compressing the terror of the sequence into an exceptionally direct composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2611\" data-end=\"2642\"\u003eThe large white headline reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2644\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2644\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003e「全米をおし流した恐怖の潮流！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2677\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2728\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2728\"\u003e“A wave of terror that swept across America!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2730\" data-end=\"2786\"\u003eThe lower white panel carries the original English logo:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2788\" data-end=\"2805\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2788\" data-end=\"2805\"\u003e“THE SHINING”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2807\" data-end=\"2847\"\u003eDirectly beneath it, the Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2849\" data-end=\"2861\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2849\" data-end=\"2861\"\u003e「シャイニング」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2863\" data-end=\"2907\"\u003eappears in vivid red calligraphic lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2909\" data-end=\"3077\"\u003eThe contrast between the black headline, violent photographic imagery, open white lower field, and red title gives the poster exceptional clarity and theatrical impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3079\" data-end=\"3230\"\u003eThe Japanese credit block identifies \u003cstrong data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3208\"\u003eStanley Kubrick, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Stephen King, Diane Johnson, Jan Harlan\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"3214\" data-end=\"3230\"\u003eWarner Bros.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3232\" data-end=\"3351\"\u003eThe result is a definitive Japanese campaign image for one of the most important horror films of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3353\" data-end=\"3366\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3353\" data-end=\"3366\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3368\" data-end=\"3579\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3368\" data-end=\"3415\"\u003eExcellent condition, approaching Near Mint.\u003c\/strong\u003e An exceptionally well-preserved example retaining strong colour, clean white areas, sharp photographic detail, crisp typography, and superb overall display impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3581\" data-end=\"3761\"\u003eThere are only extremely minor signs of age or handling consistent with an original Japanese theatrical poster from this period. 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