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A retro Japanese crime film poster from the late 1970s, employing the style of Nikkatsu's single-page theatrical posters. It features a vertical composition against a background of beige old paper with noticeable grain, subtle stains, and faded ink. The main image is positioned in the upper right corner and center.{argument name="lead actor name" default="Yoshio Harada"} A large, melancholic half-length portrait shows him turned to the side, his back to the camera, with thick, dark curly hair, a serious expression, and wearing a wrinkled light gray suit jacket over an open-collared white shirt; most of his face is in shadow. The background is a desolate industrial dock with cranes, low-rise factory buildings, and thick smoke rising into the gray sky. At the lower center of the image is a large, handwritten red Japanese title.{argument name="title text" default="City of Shadows"} Written with slanted and strong brushstrokes, partially obscuring the portraits and the scene below. In the lower half, a second scene is added: a city street in the rain at dusk or night, the pavement wet and reflecting light. On the left is a dark police car with its roof lights flashing red, and six men in suits and trench coats are walking forward, one of whom, a detective in a beige trench coat and loose tie, leads the group. On the far right, there is a vertically arranged row of five embedded portraits of actors, each with a thin border, presenting a somber, cinematic still from different roles. Add vertical Japanese typesetting: the upper right corner is the cast list "Starring Harada Yoshio"; the upper left corner is the two lines of slogan "その男, Criminal." "Justice より, 真実を chase う."; Near the lower right corner of the main image, add another vertical slogan "Who is the enemy, Who is the flavor side. Dark に eliminates the incident の中で, ただひとつの真実を掴むまで—". The bottom contains Japanese credits in dense small type across the entire width, with a prominent release date in the lower right corner.{argument name="release date" default="11.23"} Below it are the words "Nikkatsu Roadshow" and a small studio logo. The color scheme uses soft charcoal gray, dark brown, smoky blue-gray and off-white, with the red title being the only bright color. The overall atmosphere is hard-edged, melancholic, rough and cinematic, like a lost 1970s Japanese detective movie poster.
Prompt breakdown
A retro Japanese crime film poster from the late 1970s, employing the style of Nikkatsu's single-page theatrical posters.
It features a vertical composition against a background of beige old paper with noticeable grain, subtle stains, and faded ink.
The main image is positioned in the upper right corner and center.{argument name="lead actor name" default="Yoshio Harada"} A large, melancholic half-length portrait shows him turned to the side, his back to the camera, with thick, dark curly hair, a serious expression, and wearing a wrinkled light gray suit jacket over an open-collared white shirt; most of his face is in shadow.
The background is a desolate industrial dock with cranes, low-rise factory buildings, and thick smoke rising into the gray sky.
