If you found your way to this website you love Japanese movie paper and you won't be disappointed: The Posteroid will keep you entertained with frequent posts about Japanese cult movie advertising and background stories about the movies themselves.
So let's take our first ride into the darker regions of filmmaking with some wonderful posters from the legendary SHINTOHO company (新東宝株式会社). SHINTOHO was started by a breakaway group of creatives from the famous TOHO studios. Originally they had in mind to produce art films, but luckily for us they were later forced for financial reasons to focus on exploitation movies.
Among SHINTOHO's most memorable films are the SUPER GIANTS (Supa Jiantsu) series and Nobuo Nakagawa's two classic horror films GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan) and INFERNO (Jigoku). Unfortunately, INFERNO, which is now widely considered a masterpiece, was also their last production as SHINTOHO declared bankruptcy in 1961. In the process, the vast majority of their stock of advertising materials for their films was destroyed, and the few surviving posters are now highly sought-after pieces.
After SHINTOHO had collapsed, its former president Mitsuga Okura founded a new company called OKURA EIGA (大蔵映画), which originally specialised in distributing foreign exploitation films in Japan and created some outrageous poster artwork for them, but that is another story.....
Still photo for THE GHOST OF KASANE
(Kaidan Kasane ga Fuchi, 1957)
So let's take our first ride into the darker regions of filmmaking with some wonderful posters from the legendary SHINTOHO company (新東宝株式会社). SHINTOHO was started by a breakaway group of creatives from the famous TOHO studios. Originally they had in mind to produce art films, but luckily for us they were later forced for financial reasons to focus on exploitation movies.
AMA NO BAKEMONO YASHIKI
(House of the Ghost of the Female Shell Diver, 1959)
(House of the Ghost of the Female Shell Diver, 1959)
Triple Feature of War Movies
THE VAMPIRE BRIDE
(Hanayome Kyuketsuma, 1960)
(Hanayome Kyuketsuma, 1960)
Among SHINTOHO's most memorable films are the SUPER GIANTS (Supa Jiantsu) series and Nobuo Nakagawa's two classic horror films GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan) and INFERNO (Jigoku). Unfortunately, INFERNO, which is now widely considered a masterpiece, was also their last production as SHINTOHO declared bankruptcy in 1961. In the process, the vast majority of their stock of advertising materials for their films was destroyed, and the few surviving posters are now highly sought-after pieces.
After SHINTOHO had collapsed, its former president Mitsuga Okura founded a new company called OKURA EIGA (大蔵映画), which originally specialised in distributing foreign exploitation films in Japan and created some outrageous poster artwork for them, but that is another story.....
KENPEI TO YUREI
(Military Police and the Ghost, 1958)
(Military Police and the Ghost, 1958)
INFERNO
(Jigoku, 1960)
(Jigoku, 1960)
Triple Feature of Horror Movies
ZOKU SUPA JAIANTSU
(Beyond the Super Giants, 1957)
(Beyond the Super Giants, 1957)
Still photo for THE GHOST OF KASANE
(Kaidan Kasane ga Fuchi, 1957)
Nice going Armin, let's have another entry soon!
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