Japanese Studies

Hashikura collection of motion picture pressbooks, 1980s-2011

Hashikura Pressbooks from the EAL Japanesae Private Collections - Select the Hashikura tab

In 2012-2015, the East Asian Library acquired an ephemeral collection of pressbooks from Mr. Masanobu Hashikura, a writer and then publisher, after he closed his publishing house of film indexes, Show Brothers, Inc. in Japan. It is a collection of Japanese pressbooks in various size and format for over 9,000 films screened in theatres in Japan from the 1980s through 2011. Mr. Hashikura collected them at the press release of films and DVDs where they were distributed by the motion picture companies and suppliers as free and not-for-sale promotional materials.

Extent: 48 linear feet

Content: 9,122 pressbooks

• Part 1. Japanese Film Pressbooks: 2,100 items
• Part 2. Anime Film Pressbooks: 434 items (327 Japanese, 70 International, 37 Disney) 
• Part 3. International Film Pressbooks: 6,588 items

Please place your request by box numbers by email to the Young Research Library Circulation Desk (yrl-circ@library.ucla.edu) with a copy to EAL, and you will be notified when your requested item is available to access in the EAL Reading Room. 

OPAC: Hashikura collection of motion picture pressbooks, 1980s-2011 by Hashikura, Masanobu, collector