“Le Doulos” (いぬ), Original Japanese B2 Poster 1962, Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O624

This is an original Japanese B2 poster issued in Japan for Jean‑Pierre Melville’s Le Doulos (1962), one of the director’s defining underworld noirs—cool, fatalistic, and meticulously staged—starring Jean‑Paul Belmondo and Serge Reggiani. In Japan, the film was memorably titled いぬ (“Dog”), a pointed choice: in Japanese criminal/police slang, inu can suggest an informer or stool pigeon, perfectly matching the film’s atmosphere of betrayal and shifting loyalties.

Poster design
A striking piece of minimal‑maximal contrast: a fedora‑and‑trenchcoat silhouette looms in near‑abstract black, while the title いぬ appears as bold, blood‑red brush calligraphy, offset by the cool blue “Le Doulos.” Smaller noir vignettes along the bottom—faces, a gun, a femme fatale—complete the genre promise. The vertical Japanese text leans into the tension, evoking “the eerie shadow of an informer” and a “shocking drama” carved from Paris’s dark streets.

Condition
Very Good overall. Please review the photos as they show the exact poster for sale.

It is over 63 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.