The Modern Japanese Movie Poster: For American and European Films

The graphics of Japanese movie posters have an exceptional position in the world of film. While trivial illustrations were still used in most countries in order to lure the people into the movie theatres, photomontage was the characterizing stylistic feature in Japan. With over 400 posters dating from 1960 to today, “The modern Japanese movie poster” displays the most creative excursions of the usually unknown artists. From Hollywood celebrity cinema to the European arthouse film, from comedy and western to science fiction and horror, the most interesting movie posters are introduced which secured a dominant position to Japan in the field of modern movie advertisement.