| Vintage Pulp | May 31 2019 |
There's only one way out and it isn't retirement.
Above is a poster for Gendai yakuza: yotamono jingi, aka Hoodlum Yakuza, which premiered in Japan today in 1969 and starred Bunta Sugawara as a yakuza footsoldier trying to escape the life. He wants to run away with his girlfriend, and with the help of his brother hatches a scheme he hopes will make his freedom possible. Fat chance.
We shared a standard promo of this at the bottom of a collection we put together five years ago, but this piece is an exceedingly rare, horizontally oriented, two-piece promo, a style known as bo-ekibari. We have the halves uploaded separately below, and we have another rare poster for the film we'll share later.
| Vintage Pulp | Sep 9 2014 |
Crime, mayhem, and murder in Japan.
Above, six Japanese posters for 1950s and 1960s gangster movies. These are, top to bottom, Shichinin no yajû: chi no sengen, aka Return of the Filthy Seven, Sono gosôsha wo nerae: “Jûsangô taihisen” yori, aka Take Aim at the Police Van, Kawaita hana, aka The Pale Flower, Kutabare akutô-domo—Tantei jimusho 23, aka Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards, and finally two versions of Gendai yakuza: yotamono jingi, aka Hoodlum Yakuza.
JapanShichinin no yajû: chi no sengenReturn of the Filthy SevenSono gosôsha wo nerae: “Jûsangô taihisen” yoriTake Aim at the Police VanKawaita hanaThe Pale FlowerKutabare akutô-domo—Tantei jimusho 23Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell BastardsGendai yakuza: yotamono jingiHoodlum YakuzaBunta SugawaraJo ShishidoSeijun SuzukiMasahiro ShinodaMariko KagaMichitaro Mizushimaposter artcinema
