The only movie from this assortment of posters I have actually seen is the Takashi Miike film Imprint which I reviewed way back in the early days of the Café. Technically it is not even really an actual Asian film as it was made for the English language Showtime series Masters of Horror. But I love the design and like Miike’s work in a general way and a poster showing a Japanese girl with pins jammed through her face is about as Asian as you can get. I love the artwork on these posters. Even on the cheesy schoolgirl vs. zombie stuff from Japan. It can truly be said that in Asian film the posters are typically much better than the actual movie. I am not a fan, for example, of the technically well made South Korean schoolgirl/ghost films that are so popular here in China with students. But the poster art is usually great and spooky. I just don’t see what is scary about a ghostly young girl or child staring through its hair at you but it sends people up the walls here. I have seen my fair share of modern Asian horror (Japanese horror in particular) and the reason I watch the stuff is I am lured in by the promising poster art. The Japanese and South Korean posters are simply nice looking pieces or art and make great desktop wallpapers. Just hope a day comes when most of the films can half way live up to the promises these eerie and haunting posters make.

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