Original Vintage Japanese Star Wars Return of the Jedi Movie Poster by Kazuhiko Sano, 1983

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The japanese film poster for star wars return of the jedi, featuring very cool artwork by acclaimed tokyo born illustrator … Read more The japanese film poster for star wars return of the jedi, featuring very cool artwork by acclaimed tokyo born illustrator kazuhiko sano. Actual poster size is 20 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches or 52 x 73 cm year 1983 (first year of release in japan) poster type jpn b2 20 x 28 inches condition near mint to mint unframed ships securely rolled from london. About the artist kazuhiko sano 17 july 1952 – 31 may 2011 aged 59 was an artist born in tokyo, japan, where he also studied oil painting. In 1975, he moved to san francisco in the united states to study illustration. He began painting movie posters, advertising, and book covers. Some companies he worked for include disney, paramount, lucasfilm, american express, ibm, and coca cola. He published several books collecting his artwork and illustrations, and won numerous awards for both his art and his books. He painted a large number of reprint covers for the star trek books. Sano passed away 31 may 2011 about the film : return of the jedi (also known as star wars: episode vi – return of the jedi) is a 1983 american epic space opera film that is a sequel to the empire strikes back (1980). It is the third installment in the original star wars trilogy and the sixth chronological film in the "skywalker saga". It is directed by richard marquand based on a screenplay by lawrence kasdan and george lucas from a story by lucas, who was also the executive producer. The film follows the ongoing struggle between the malevolent galactic empire and the freedom fighters of the rebel alliance. As the rebels attempt to destroy the empire's second death star, luke skywalker tries to bring his father, darth vader, back from the dark side of the force. The film stars mark hamill, harrison ford, carrie fisher, billy dee williams, anthony daniels, david prowse, kenny baker, peter mayhew, and frank oz. Steven spielberg, david lynch, and david cronenberg were considered to direct the film before marquand signed on as director. The production team relied on lucas' storyboards during pre-production. While writing the shooting script, lucas, kasdan, marquand, and producer howard kazanjian spent two weeks in conference discussing ideas to construct it. Kazanjian's schedule pushed shooting to begin a few weeks early to allow industrial light & magic more time to work on the film's effects in post-production. Filming took place in england, california, and arizona from january to may 1982. The film was released in theaters on may 25, 1983. It grossed $374 million worldwide during its initial theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1983. The film was well received by critics, with strong praise going to the performances of the actors, john williams' score, the special effects and the action sequences. Several re-releases and revisions to the film have followed over the decades, which have brought its total gross to $482 million. The united states library of congress selected it for preservation in the national film registry in 2021. A prequel trilogy, released between 1999 and 2005, and a sequel trilogy, released between 2015 and 2019, followed. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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