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1968ref. 160260Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of Kirk Douglas and Sharon Farrell from the 1968 film noir. A man is hired as a bodyguard for a woman whose husband was murdered. She has to face trial over his murder though her witness for her alibi was also murdered. Shot on location in New York City and Greenwich Connecticut. 6.75 x 6.25 inches trimmed. Very Good plus with a long bruise along the top middle portion of the photograph and some creasing at the top right corner. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 172915Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Based on the 1870 novel by Jules Verne. A professor and his assistant set out to find a giant sea monster that has been destroying ships in the Pacific Ocean only to discover the monster is a submarine manned by a reclusive sea Captain. Set in the Pacific Ocean shot on location in California Jamaica and the Bahamas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing along the top and right margins and at the corners. Weldon 1983. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1960ref. 140642N.p.: Regal Films 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Based on Evan Hunter's novel of the same name. A romantic drama about two married neighbors who begin an affair starring Kirk Douglas Kim Novak Ernie Kovacs and Barbara Rush. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a bruise and two manuscript ink annotations to the verso. Regal Films unknown books
1985ref. 147014Venice CA: Moritz Borman Productions / Mutoskop Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film here under its working title "The Artisan." Text in English. Based on Stephen Sheppard's 1986 novel "The Artisan" which was in turn based on the true story of Johann Georg Elser a quiet German carpenter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939. Set and shot on location in Hungary Germany and Austria. Brown generic International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated June 1985 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sheppard. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark on the front and rear wrappers and page edges and accompanying dampstaining to the final leaf bound with two gold brads. Moritz Borman Productions / Mutoskop Film unknown
1985ref. 147014Venice CA: Moritz Borman Productions / Mutoskop Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film here under its working title "The Artisan." Text in English. Based on Stephen Sheppard's 1986 novel "The Artisan" which was in turn based on the true story of Johann Georg Elser a quiet German carpenter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939. Set and shot on location in Hungary Germany and Austria. Brown generic International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated June 1985 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sheppard. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a light tide mark on the front and rear wrappers and page edges and accompanying dampstaining to the final leaf bound with two gold brads. Moritz Borman Productions / Mutoskop Film unknown books
1970ref. 161857N.p.: United Producers Organization 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1969 German film. Three provenance stamps and two labels on the verso. A German sexploitation film based on the ancient Hindu text the "Kama Sutra." The US release of the German documentary incorporated additional footage of drug-taking wife-swapping and body painting and marketed the film as a drama. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light edgewear and soiling to the margins. United Producers Organization unknown books
1982ref. 160814Tokyo: Wakamatsu Production 1982. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1982 Japanese film. Text in Japanese. A married railway ticket puncher starts sedating women with chloroform in order to invade their houses. His cruelty escalates and he grows bolder in his desires. A late release by controversial pink film director and producer Kôji Wakamatsu. 20.5 x 28.75 inches Folded as issued. Very Good with light edgewear and creasing along the folds. Wakamatsu Production unknown
1982ref. 160158Tokyo: Wakamatsu Production 1982. Vintage mini poster for the 1982 Japanese pink film. A married railway ticket puncher starts sedating women with chloroform in order to invade their houses. His cruelty escalates and he grows bolder in his desires. A late release by controversial pink film director and producer Kôji Wakamatsu. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. Weisser p. 319. Wakamatsu Production unknown
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 154899Dallas: Orbit Films 1966. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1966 Japanese film. In a futuristic world young girls are abducted and transformed into Love Robots living sex dolls available for sale. Pink film auteur Koji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. Six pages bi-fold with one laid-in leaf. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown
1982ref. 160814Tokyo: Wakamatsu Production 1982. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1982 Japanese film. Text in Japanese. A married railway ticket puncher starts sedating women with chloroform in order to invade their houses. His cruelty escalates and he grows bolder in his desires. A late release by controversial pink film director and producer Kôji Wakamatsu. 20.5 x 28.75 inches Folded as issued. Very Good with light edgewear and creasing along the folds. Wakamatsu Production unknown books
1982ref. 160158Tokyo: Wakamatsu Production 1982. Vintage mini poster for the 1982 Japanese pink film. A married railway ticket puncher starts sedating women with chloroform in order to invade their houses. His cruelty escalates and he grows bolder in his desires. A late release by controversial pink film director and producer Kôji Wakamatsu. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. Weisser p. 319. Wakamatsu Production unknown books
1966ref. 154899Dallas: Orbit Films 1966. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1966 Japanese film. In a futuristic world young girls are abducted and transformed into Love Robots living sex dolls available for sale. Pink film auteur Koji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. Six pages bi-fold with one laid-in leaf. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown books
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown
1955ref. 159872N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Kon Ichigawa on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping as well as a provenance label. 5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 162042N.p.: Edward Harrison 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 Japanese film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1956 Japanese novel "Kagi" "The Key" by Jun'ichirô Tanizaki. Aging Kenjji married to a younger woman and concerned with his waning virility introduces his daughter's lover to his wife. Winner of the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Edward Harrison unknown
1959ref. 157643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 Japanese film showing director Kon Ichikawa talking with actors Junko Kano and Tatsuya Nakadai on the set. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp on the verso. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key" about an aging voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1959ref. 155776N.p.: N.p. 1959. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 Japanese film. One photograph with a stamp noting the film's French title "L'Etrange obsession" on the verso and all three photographs with manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key" about an aging voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Photos 6 x 4.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 143374Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Treatment script for the 1959 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel by Tanizaki Jun'ichir "Kagi" or "The Key". Annotations and stamps throughout noting a date of March 28 1959 mention of a presentation and "Script Research Library Holding." Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the 1956 novel "The Key" by Jun'ichir Tanizaki and remade Tinto Brass Koji Wakamatsu and others. A satirical late-noir treatise on the decay of human physical ability mental health and sexual desire told in a seemingly reserved family context with stunning cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa "Yojimbo" "Rashomon" "Floating Weeds" and cinematic style that masterfully blends Ozu and Hitchcock. Restored in 2024 by the Kadokawa Corporation for screening at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and subsequent international screenings through 2026. Shot on location in Japan. Titles and text in Japanese. White titled wrappers with black and gold titles and various rubber stamps on the front wrapper. Title page not present. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-28." Mechanical duplication. Near Fine with light age toning. Daiei Studios unknown
1959ref. 144308Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Collection of 6 vintage US publicity photographs from the 1959 Japanese pink film. The first of several films based on the Junichiro Tanizaki. Released in Japan as "Kagi" and with the alternate English language title "The Key." An elderly antique dealer struggles with his aging body and looming impotence. To grapple with his anxiety he introduces his daughter's boyfriend a handsome doctor to his younger wife. The jealousy and voyeurism that follow invigorates his dying spirit but the chaos he has introduced eventually takes a horrific toll. Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weisser and Weisser Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films pp. 219-220. Sharp Behind the Pink Curtain p. 372. Daiei Studios unknown
1956ref. 143240Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. First Draft script for the 1956 film. Title in English on rear wrapper. Based on a 1946 children's novel by Michio Takeyama about a conscience-driven Japanese soldier who adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk after he fails to get his countrymen to surrender to an overwhelming force. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set in Burma during WWll shot on location in Burma and near the Izu Peninsula in Japan. White titled wrappers. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with some toning due to age wrapper Very Good with mild foxing and light water damage near spine. Criterion Collection 379. Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Nikkatsu unknown
1955ref. 159872N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Kon Ichigawa on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping as well as a provenance label. 5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 143374Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Treatment script for the 1959 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel by Tanizaki Jun'ichir "Kagi" or "The Key". Annotations and stamps throughout noting a date of March 28 1959 mention of a presentation and "Script Research Library Holding." Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the 1956 novel "The Key" by Jun'ichir Tanizaki and remade Tinto Brass Koji Wakamatsu and others. A satirical late-noir treatise on the decay of human physical ability mental health and sexual desire told in a seemingly reserved family context with stunning cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa "Yojimbo" "Rashomon" "Floating Weeds" and cinematic style that masterfully blends Ozu and Hitchcock. Restored in 2024 by the Kadokawa Corporation for screening at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and subsequent international screenings through 2026. Shot on location in Japan. Titles and text in Japanese. White titled wrappers with black and gold titles and various rubber stamps on the front wrapper. Title page not present. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-28." Mechanical duplication. Near Fine with light age toning. Daiei Studios unknown books
1956ref. 143240Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. First Draft script for the 1956 film. Title in English on rear wrapper. Based on a 1946 children's novel by Michio Takeyama about a conscience-driven Japanese soldier who adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk after he fails to get his countrymen to surrender to an overwhelming force. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set in Burma during WWll shot on location in Burma and near the Izu Peninsula in Japan. White titled wrappers. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with some toning due to age wrapper Very Good with mild foxing and light water damage near spine. Criterion Collection 379. Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Nikkatsu unknown books
