KILLER'S MISSION // Cuban Silk-screen Poster for Samurai Spy Movie // CUBA JAPAN

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The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business! Here we are offering a rarely seen Cuban silk-screen poster that was designed in 1973 for the first showing in Cuba of the Japanese Samurai spy movie.

Sangrienta búsqueda de la paz (released as "Killer's Mission" in the United States, Shokin kasegi' in Japan and " The Bloody Search for Peace " in other countries). See below for a brief summary of the movie. This striking poster was designed by Jorge Dimas , a top Cuban graphic arts designer in the 1960s and 1970s. A copy of this poster is in the permanent collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.

The 20 by 30 inch poster (a standard size, so easy and inexpensive to frame) was silk-screened in the Cuban Film Institute's workshop in Havana in the past 15 years, some years after the poster was first released. Beware of cheap, photocopied, mass-produced reproduction "Cuban posters" made in the U. Or Europe that lack the authenticity of the true Cuban silk-screens. Condition of this poster is good; as with many Cuban movie posters, please note that you might find some slight ripples or wrinkles in the white borders around the images and small imperfections elsewhere because these posters are, after all, handmade. Summary of movie: A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch warship involving repeating rifles to be used in an uprising against the Shogun, but finds there's more going on than previously suspected.

ORIGIN: the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana, Cuba. A few words about collecting.

For more than 60 years, the. Cuban Film Institute has been designing silk-screened posters for most every movie shown on the island, whether the films originated in Cuba, the United States, Brazil, Japan or Italy. In the midst of the Cold War 1960s and 1970s, many of the subtitled foreign films shown in Cuba came from the island nation's communist allies in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Vietnam and even North Korea. Unlike in the United States, where movie posters are often dominated by images of Hollywood stars, the Cubans assign a graphic artist to design an original piece of artwork for each film.

These posters are widely recognized in graphic design circles. As stylish works of art, handmade one color at a time and often under difficult circumstances at various times, paint and even paper have been in short supply on the island. Cuba's silk-screen movie posters are nothing less than museum pieces. Examples of Cuban poster art can be found in the permanent collections of museums across the globe from the Victoria & Albert in London to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in prestigious institutions such as the Library of Congress in Washington D. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.

Adding to their collectability, Cuba's movie posters are produced in relatively small numbers. Typically, a few hundred copies are made for each film, although the runs have been as low as 50. Responding to demand from collectors, the Cuban Film Institute has re-screened some of its more popular posters. That's why some posters created in the 1960s and 1970s began reappearing on the Caribbean island in the 1990s and 2000s.

Further adding to their collectability, many of Cuba's vintage posters are imperiled. To us, these survivors are rare beauties, even those with obvious flaws. We are proud to have rescued hundreds of posters from almost certain extinction by storing them in an air conditioned, acid-free environment. We consider both to be collectible, and (in response to a question we often get) all of these posters were legally imported because the U. Government exempts artwork from its economic embargo against Cuba. While the pricier originals are favored by some collectors, the re-screens are also collectible because they were made in the same Havana workshop as the originals. Note that we never sell unauthorized reproductions that have been cranked out in print shops in the U.

This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "cubanpostergallery" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Width (Inches): 20
Production Technique: Serigraph & Silkscreen
Subject: Japanese Movie
Size: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm
Material: Silk-screen on paper
Height (Inches): 30
Artist: Jorge Dimas (b. 1948)
ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba: EDITION: 2nd (see below for more details)
Type: Poster