Akira Ifukube SF Film Music Evening (1983) Original Japanese B2 Poster Sylvia Kristel
Alain Cuny
Marika GreenThis poster promotes the concert SF (Ifukube Akira SF Tokusatsu Eiga Ongaku no Yube, "An Evening of Akira Ifukube's SF Special Effects Film Music"), held on 5 August 1983 at (Hibiya Kokaido, Hibiya Public Hall) in Tokyo. The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra performed Ifukube's monster film scores in a full orchestral setting for the first time, conducted by Yasuhiko Shiozawa, and the recording later anchored a wider revival of his concert work. A Godzilla
Nikkatsu gave it a Japanese theatrical release in 1987 as 人喰族 (Hitokuizoku
held on 5 August 1983 at 日比谷公会堂 (Hibiya Kokaido
Original paper from this Japan release is scarce and occupies a valued position in the collecting of New Hollywood and American counterculture cinema
with Jamie Gillis as its disturbed central figure
this piece represents the film’s original Japanese release
following Akio Jissoji's Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Daiei released Daimajin in 1966
"Elvis on Stage")
Essential viewing for cinephiles and students of contemporary cinema
"Akira Ifukube
this poster is not a reprint or reproduction
Koichi Takano directed this compilation feature for Tsuburaya Productions