Thailand has a rich tradition of painted movie posters and billboards, which were created not only for their own films but for foreign films as well. I recently came across an eBay store that has a wonderful collection of posters. Some of my favorites include the one shown above for My Cousin the Ghost (1987), with its exaggerated comic figures. This poster for Tsui Hark's gothic-noir wuxia debut The Butterfly Murders (1979) is boldly transformed by the Thai love of bright colors. And although this poster for arthouse director Clara Law's Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989) can be justly accused of false advertising, it does illustrate Thai audiences' taste for gruesome ghosts.
Finally, here is a poster from my own collection for the Connie Chan film Lady in Distress: The Invincible Fighter (1967). Notice how the poster calls attention (in the blue circle on the right) to the presence of David Chiang, who only has a bit part as one of the bad guys. The film must have been released in Thailand a few years later, after Chiang had already become a star at Shaw Brothers.
Further Reading
Movie posters in Thailand: Same same, but different
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