Authentication | Lupin III – The Castle of Cagliostro Japanese B1 1979 vs. R2014

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• David

  September 2016

  Congrats on the find - how long did that take?
  
  What's the counterfeit market like for Japanese posters?

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• marqueeposter

  September 2016 edited September 2016

  There are some straight out bootlegs in Japan for sure -- especially in the smaller B2 sizes which are easier to duplicate. However, it can be just as difficult to identify true theater release posters as well as it seems good films got re-released over and over in Japan. Eirin marks, which began in 1966, have helped considerably.  But on some occasions like this Lupin III (and Easy Rider, Bullitt, Enter the Dragon, etc...) they duplicated that on the re-release poster as well!  Ugh.
  
  This post will hopefully be the first in a series 

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• theartofmovieposters

  September 2016

  David said:

  Congrats on the find - how long did that take?
  
  What's the counterfeit market like for Japanese posters?

  
  5+ years...look, right there at the start of his post! Sheesh...

  
  

  And congratulations on what sounds like a very satisfying find Harry/Matt err um...too many Matt's...

  This is one of the hubby's all time favourite films.

  
  

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• David

  September 2016

  theartofmovieposters said:

  
  5+ years...look, right there at the start of his post! Sheesh...

  
  Thanks Ves, appreciate the pointing out of my posting error. I did notice my mistake but failed to get round to editing.

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