Often times, our favorite movies are paired with iconic and symbolic movie posters that represent the film as a whole. However, when these same movies are premiered in other countries, their poster counterparts vary in such significance and give off an entirely new feel of the movie.
Sometimes the iconic films doppelgangers are hilarious representations, while others offer just as much horror and attraction. Below we have compiled 11 movie posters from popular films throughout the past few decades. We have paired them with their Japanese equivalents. How do you rate the comparisons?
(1981) USA: Halloween II
Japan: Halloween II
(1981) USA: An American Werewolf in London
Japan: Okami Otoko Amerikan (Wolf Man American)
(1982) USA: First Blood
Japan: Rambo
(1989) USA: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Japan: Erumu gai no akumu 5 (Nightmare of Elm Offer 5)
(1972) USA: Play it Again, Sam
Japan: Bogi! Ore mo otokoda (Bogi! Is My Man)
(1964) USA: A Fistful of Dollars
Japan: Koya no yojimbo (Wasteland Bodyguard)
(1972) USA: Frenzy
Japan: Furenji
(1972) USA: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Japan: Planet of the Monkeys: Conquest
(1987) USA: Evil Dead II
Japan: Shiryo no Harawat (Entrails of the Dead)
(2007) USA: Hot Fuzz
Japan: Hot Fuzz
(1966) USA: Batman: The Movie
Japan: Batman
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