Perhaps I’m the only one that has been a) curious and b) ignorant about the meaning of “GW” on Japanese movie posters. See the Kill Bill Death List B1 poster above for an example of what I’m talking about. Anyone? Anyone?
Well, it means Golden Week, which is a week in Japan that contains several holidays. Apparently people take time off during this week to take advantage of the situation. I can imagine that this would be like a Memorial Day (USA) weekend all week.
So, mystery solved all you poster geeks! It’s a great indicator that it’s an advance poster and lets you know immediately that it’s a beginning of summer / holiday week movie (I would imagine usually a blockbuster type film).
