Movie Poster Collecting: Kon Ohmura

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Gamera vs. Monster X 1970 Tsutomu Takakuwa Italian locandina

Gamera vs. Monster X (1970) - (Tsutomu Takakuwa) Italian locandina

This is a 14" x 28" Italian locandina poster designed by Mario De Berardinis AKA MOS for the 1970 Noriaka Yuasa film Gamera vs. Monster X AKA Gamera vs. Jiger based on a screenplay by Niisan Takahashi and starring Tsutomu Takakuwa as Hiroshi. Plot summary: On the Pacific Ocean Island of Wester, Japanese scientists discover an ancient statue known locally as the "Devil's Whistle" that Japan wants to exhibit at its Expo '70 in Osaka. It seems there are forces at work on the island that want to prevent removal of the statue, including Gamera himself.

Cast and crew: Noriaki Yuasa, Mario De Berardinis, Niisan Takahashi, Tsutomo Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Katherine Murphy, Kon Ohmura, Franz Gruber, Ryô Hayami, Akira Natsuki, Corinne Orr, Junko Yashiro, George William, Paul Cooper, Louis Reynolds, Jane Freeman, Albert Douglas, Alan Kramer

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Attack of the Monsters (1969) - (Juko Hamada) Italian fotobusta

This is an 18" x 26" Italian busta for the 1969 Noriaki Yuasa film Attack of the Monsters based on a story by Nisan Takahashi and starring Nobohiro Kajima as Akio. Plot summary: A little girl watches as her two male playmates are abducted in a flying saucer, but nobody believes her story. The boys are taken to a planet on the other side of the sun but are finally rescued by Gamera, the fire-breathing flying monster turtle, who has to fight Gurian, another monster with a nose shaped like a knife, to accomplish this. The film is also known as Gamera vs. Gurion and King Kong contro Godzilla.

Cast and crew: Mijuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy, Juko Hamada, Noriaki Yuasa, Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy, Eiji Funakoshi, Kon Ohmura, Edith Hanson, Hiroko Kai, Reiko Kasahara, Akira Natsuki