川の流れに草は青々(The Green, Green Grass of Home) 

Kawa no Nagare ni Kusa wa Aoaō (Japanese title for The Green, Green Grass of Home), originally directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1982, was released in Japan on February 26, 1994 as an arthouse import. The poster reflects Hou’s early pastoral style through gentle photographic panels that depict a train, children running, and a cyclical image of rural life. These visuals convey nostalgia and simplicity, hallmarks of Hou’s early work centered on memory and nature. The rounded magenta title typography contrasts with the clean, vertical synopsis text on the right, a layout characteristic of Japanese indie and arthouse releases of the 1980s. The soft color palette and photographic restraint evoke quiet lyricism rather than spectacle, situating the film within the calm, reflective aesthetic that defined cross-cultural East Asian cinema of the period. The film’s production year, 1982, is confirmed through standard film database records for Hou Hsiao-hsien’s filmography.