# Vintage Japanese Crime Film Poster

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Typography (@library.typography)](/@library.typography.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Posters and type
- AI keywords: poster, moody, portrait, vintage, photo
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- Published: 2026-10-31
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## Prompt

```text
A vintage late-1970s Japanese crime film poster in the style of a Nikkatsu theatrical one-sheet, vertically composed on aged beige paper with visible grain, faint stains, and slightly faded ink. The main image is a large, moody half-body portrait of {lead_actor_name} occupying the upper right and center, turned partly away from camera, with thick curly dark hair, a serious expression, and a wrinkled light gray suit jacket over an open-collar white shirt; his face is mostly in shadow. Behind him is a bleak industrial waterfront with cranes, low factory structures, and heavy gray smoke rising into a washed-out sky. Across the lower middle, place a huge hand-brushed red Japanese title reading {title_text}, painted diagonally and aggressively, partially overlapping the portrait and the lower scene. In the lower half, add a second scene: a rainy urban street at dusk or night with wet reflective pavement, a dark police car at left with a glowing red roof light, and 6 men in suits and trench coats walking forward, with 1 central detective figure in a beige trench coat and loosened tie leading the group. On the far right, include a vertical strip of 5 stacked inset cast portraits framed in thin borders, each a dark cinematic still with different characters. Add vertical Japanese typography: on the upper right, the actor credit “原田芳雄 主演”; on the upper left, a 2-line tagline column reading “その男、刑事。 正義より、真実を追う。”; and near the lower right of the main image, another vertical blurb reading “誰が敵で、誰が味方か。闇に消えた事件の中で、ただひとつの真実を掴むまで—”. At the bottom, include dense small Japanese credits spanning the width, plus a large release date on the lower right reading {release_date} with “日活ロードショー” beneath it and a small studio mark. Use muted charcoal, sepia, smoky blue-gray, and off-white tones, with the red title as the only vivid color. The overall feeling is hard-boiled, melancholic, gritty, and cinematic, like a lost 1970s Japanese detective movie poster.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{lead_actor_name}` | lead actor name | 原田芳雄 |
| `{title_text}` | title text | 影の街 |
| `{release_date}` | release date | 11.23 |

## About

A gritty retro Japanese theatrical poster for a hard-boiled detective film, useful for generating faux 1970s movie key art with authentic typography and layout.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.typography on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/vintage-japanese-crime-film-poster-73552h
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