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First in an irregular series. I wanted to put some info together about finding posters for old and new Japanese films and western films issued in Japan. I love Japanese design and I have tried desperately to get hold of posters for some of my favourite films. Here's what I know... anyone have any more guidance?

Option 1. Buying full-size posters from Applet-J. He has two sites : otaku-j.co.jp and Applet Co. He is best conctated through emailing via his ebay account as "jjoe-nippon". His english may be broken, but he does special deals according to how many you buy and will find things for people. Posters are always packaged in very, very hard plastic tubes. His pages look unkempt but there's stuff there he still has in stock. Navigation is awkward too.

Option 2. Buying "Chirashi". A4 (8 1/2 x 11) size exact reproductions of poster designs in convenient and cheap versions. Promotional leaflets for films essentially, they're still highly collectable in Japan. I use Citaya Collectables, an English man living in Japan : superb service, everything always packaged and protected well. He will also find OOP DVDs for you on request and sells film programmes, too.

There's also eBay - search for "chirashi" or "japan film poster" but they're nearly always overpriced or caught in auctions with plenty of people competing. Other site-based options for chirashi are : Magazine Queen and JMShop, the latter have extensive illustrations of those in stock, which are updated regularly. The former only lists titles it seems.

I've seen pieces online about shops in Japan but after much searching I can't find one with a site, either in Japanese or English. I would love to know of more sources if anyone else has had more success finding posters online.

*EDIT* adding this great site posted in comments by iamNataku : Twinkleonline. For HK mostly, some Japanese stuff etc.