"Ex-Convict Woman: Killing Ballad (前科おんな 殺し節)", Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O279

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1973 for Kenji Misumi’s hard-edged pinky-violence entry Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi—released in English as Ex-Convict Woman: Killing Ballad. Headlined by cult siren Reiko Ike with Miki Hon (本美樹), the film folds Toei-style exploitation into a vengeance melodrama of women pitted against predatory men, scored to enka-tinged cues and staged with Misumi’s sharp, graphic eye.

Film background
A one-two punch of jailbreak grit and nightclub noir, the picture rides the early-’70s boom in women-in-prison/yakuza hybrids, showcasing Ike’s ice-cool presence and Misumi’s elegant widescreen compositions (he’s famed for the Lone Wolf and Cub cycle). The result is a fan-favorite slice of Japanese grindhouse whose posters are prized for their audacious imagery.

Poster design
A ferocious exploitation collage: Ike, in a shredded white slip with dagger drawn, storms out of a giant handcuff motif; below, Miki lunges with a blade while a ring of uniformed girls revolt inside the cuff aperture. Electric blue field contrasts with the enormous, slashed magenta title 「殺し節」, and the vertical teaser shouts:
「憎い！この野郎たちが！ 殺しの唄を口ずさむとき 白い肌は真っ赤に染まった」
Credits line the base with the 映倫 mark and studio/distributor block.

Condition
Excellent condition. Please review the photos; they show the exact poster for sale.

This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1973 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 52 years old!

Certificate of Authenticity included.