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Famed Japanese artist, most famous for producing posters for movie hits of [[The Seventies|the 1970's.]] 

Born in 1935, his prodigious attention to detail got him hired first as an assistant manga illustrator. In the west he's best known for his amazing ''[[Star Wars]]'' posters. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080603175004/starwars/images/thumb/8/8d/Noriyoshi_Ohrai.jpg/250px-Noriyoshi_Ohrai.jpg Self portrait here].
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==== Film projects Noriyoshi has illustrated for: ====

* The original Japanese poster for ''[[Godzilla]]''. 
* Posters for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga; some of his designs were so popular that other foreign countries also adapted them. [http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/news20080103.html All can be seen here.] The last ''Star Wars'' related project was in 1999, a magazine cover about the new prequel trilogy.
* Art for ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''
* The original poster for ''[[Future War 198X|Future War 198 X]]'', along with the 1982 calendar and LD case.
* The foreword for Naoyuki Kato's third volume of art. 
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/9120653@N06/4276445530/ A poster]{{Dead link}} for ''[[The Beastmaster]]''.
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/9120653@N06/4250462682/ Art]{{Dead link}} for ''[[Ninja Mission]]''.

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