two-character poster — Two Figures, Centered, Symmetrical, Collage

An illustrated anime-style movie poster of a grotesque circus melodrama, centered on two figures against a radiating red-and-white sunburst. In the upper-left and upper-right corners, vertical columns of small dark Japanese text run down both edges. Behind the figures, bold red sun rays alternate with white beams across the full background, edged by bands of dark orange at the sides. The side columns of text sit over the orange border bands, printed in near-black ink. At the center, a tall adult man in a dark military-style uniform stands with his face wrapped in white bandages, only his narrowed eyes visible. A stiff high collar in pale peach frames his bandaged jaw. He wears a white peaked cap with a red band and a small star badge. His gloved hands grip the head of a terrified adult woman in her twenties held against his chest. The woman has a black bob haircut with a large orange polka-dot bow, wide staring eyes and a mouth open in a scream, both pale hands pressed to her cheeks. The bow sits high on the right side of her head, its dotted ribbon flaring outward. She wears an orange dress with darker red polka dots, a small white collar, puffed sleeves and a brown belt. In the lower-left and lower-right corners, large red and white camellia blossoms with green leaves frame the scene. White highlight dots speckle the red camellia petals. Across the middle, a large red "TITLE" with a white outline spans the frame in bold cartoon letters. Below the title, three vertical red seal-stamps with white borders, each bearing yellow kanji characters, descend toward the bottom center. Along the bottom edge, a band of dark blue seigaiha wave patterns flows behind the flowers. The lighting is flat and graphic like a printed illustration, with strong red and orange fills and sharp black outlines rather than natural shadows. Overall, the composition stacks the two central figures above the title and seals in a tight symmetrical collage, the palette exploding with vermilion red, tangerine orange and indigo blue in a lurid Showa-retro illustration style that feels garish, tense and deeply unsettling.