SHE AND HE 1963 Susumu Hani PETER STRAUSFELD UK ACADEMY QUAD POSTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1963 Susumu Hani Japanese Drama SHE AND HE (KANOJO TO KARE) starring Sachiko Hidari, Eiji Okada, Kikuji Yamashita, Mariko Igarashi, Akio Hasegawa and Takanobu Hobuzi PLUS REMBRANDT'S CHRIST directed by Anthony Roland.

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband’s life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.

The poster art is by Peter Strausfeld. Strausfeld was interned in the Isle of Man at the Onchan Internment Camp during the War where he met the Austrian producer George Hoellering. In 1947 Hoellering opened the Academy Cinema on Oxford Street and invited Strausfeld to produce some posters for the cinema which he did in wood and lino-cuts till his death in 1980.
The Academy Cinema, built in 1913, was saved from conversion to a shopping arcade in 1928 by Elsie Cohen of the original Film Society, who proceeded to run it as an arthouse which is how it was ran till it's closure in 1986.

The posters became a London landmark, in fact very few were used outside of London, resulting in very small print runs of 3-500.

Printed by Ward & Foxlow Ltd., Harcourt Street, London W1

The poster is in fine unfolded condition and has been Conservation Paper-Backed.