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First in an irregular series. I wanted to put some info together about finding posters for old and new Japanese films and western films issued in Japan. I love Japanese design and I have tried desperately to get hold of posters for some of my favourite films. Here’s what I know… anyone have any more guidance?
Option 1. Buying full-size posters from Applet-J. He has two sites : otaku-j.co.jp and Applet Co. He is best conctated through emailing via his ebay account as “jjoe-nippon”. His english may be broken, but he does special deals according to how many you buy and will find things for people. Posters are always packaged in very, very hard plastic tubes. His pages look unkempt but there’s stuff there he still has in stock. Navigation is awkward too.
Option 2. Buying “Chirashi”. A4 (8 1/2 x 11) size exact reproductions of poster designs in convenient and cheap versions. Promotional leaflets for films essentially, they’re still highly collectable in Japan. I use Citaya Collectables, an English man living in Japan : superb service, everything always packaged and protected well. He will also find OOP DVDs for you on request and sells film programmes, too.
There’s also eBay - search for “chirashi” or “japan film poster” but they’re nearly always overpriced or caught in auctions with plenty of people competing. Other site-based options for chirashi are : Magazine Queen and JMShop, the latter have extensive illustrations of those in stock, which are updated regularly. The former only lists titles it seems.
I’ve seen pieces online about shops in Japan but after much searching I can’t find one with a site, either in Japanese or English. I would love to know of more sources if anyone else has had more success finding posters online.
*EDIT* adding this great site posted in comments by iamNataku : Twinkleonline. For HK mostly, some Japanese stuff etc.
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iamNataku 09/30/2004 @ 2:28pm
A few places:
Twinkle Online: A good place to find Chinese/Japanese posters and memorabilia (I’ve found the rarest things here that I haven’t seen anywhere else.)
http://www.twinkle.com.hk/
AsianDB: A great place to get Korean posters. As some here have noted, the design of Korean posters and DVD covers can rival those of the Japanese. There are more than few posters listed here that I would buy without even knowing the name of the film.
http://www.asiandb.com/store/list.pfm?part=Photo&type=Poster
logboy 10/01/2004 @ 2:57am
twinkle : is a good find. thanks - bookmarked and will scour through it later. asiandb.com i was aware of, but thanks anyway… its far too expensive in general this site…
wushu-4-ever 12/03/2004 @ 8:28am
This is huge wisdom! I am certainly going to order some of those movie posters (if the money lets me). I’ve only been visiting this site for a month now, so i missed this post.
p.s.: you’re doing a great job with your site, keep up the good work!
crazybee 12/03/2004 @ 2:24pm
Twinkle is a huge ripoff. Check out Citaya if you’re looking for Japanese cinema flyers. I don’t have the exact link, but google it.
On a related note, I bought a bunch of posters while I was in HK, really cheaply too. I got a huge vinyl Running on Karma wall hanging. It’s the coolest thing ever. I also got two huge vinyl wall hangings for Infernal Affairs 3; one with Andy Lau, one with Tony Leung.
logboy 12/04/2004 @ 1:07am
yes citaya is good : excellent in fact. i know ian and ive been buying from him for ages. he is superbly helpful… i have mentioned him just about everywhere online… you cant go wrong there…