Vírgenes de los 7 Mares – Aventuras calientes en el Lejano Oriente (c.1973) | Shaw Brothers / Columbia Pictures | Starring Yueh Hua, Diana Drube, Gillian Bray, Liu Hui-Ling

A wild and rarely seen exploitation-adventure film from the early 1970s, Vírgenes de los 7 Mares (“Virgins of the Seven Seas”) is a Hong Kong-West Germany co-production directed by Ernst Hofbauer and produced by the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio. The film follows a group of kidnapped European women forced into martial arts training and eventually leading a revolt against their captors in a desert-like island setting. A heady mix of eroticism, kung fu, and pulp fantasy, this is one of the more outrageous collaborations between Eastern and Western exploitation cinema. The cast includes Shaw Bros. regular Yueh Hua and a collection of German actresses in a film that defies genre categorization.

This is the original Mexican one-sheet poster (approximately 27 x 37 inches), printed in Eastmancolor and distributed by Columbia Pictures in Latin America. It is printed on thin paper and folded, as issued. Condition is fair to good: visible wear along fold lines, a horizontal tear and tape repair along the center-bottom margin, edge chipping and staining on corners, and mild yellowing with age. There are pinholes and wear consistent with theatrical display, as well as a handwritten title note and markings on the back.

This poster is highly collectible due to its rarity, its provocative artwork featuring a leaping martial arts heroine in mid-kick, and its place in Shaw Brothers’ experimental European collaborations. It appeals to collectors of grindhouse cinema, 1970s erotica, and martial arts exploitation ephemera—especially those interested in crossover East-West genre films of the period. Very few copies of this version are known to surface, making it an excellent addition for specialists in international cult film posters.