Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Original Japanese B2 Poster - 1980 Special Edition Catherine Deneuve directed by Kiyoshi Saeki in

directed by Kiyoshi Saeki in 1954

Released as part of Toei's celebrated Manga Matsuri summer film festival in July 1987

blending reality with fantasy

The poster itself embodies the daring visual language of early 1970s Japanese cinema

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Original Japanese B2 Poster - 1980 Special Edition Catherine Deneuve directed by Kiyoshi Saeki inSteven Spielberg recut Close Encounters of the Third Kind for a 1980 Special Edition, trimming some scenes and adding a glimpse inside the alien mothership. Richard Dreyfuss plays the Indiana lineman pulled toward a mountain by visions he cannot explain. Franois Truffaut appears as the French scientist tracking the contact. Silhouetted figures gather before the glowing underside of the descending mothership, its lights bleeding orange and blue across