“Terrifying Girls’ High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group” / 「恐怖女子高校 不良悶絶グループ」, Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q297

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed for the first release of Terrifying Girls’ High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group / 「恐怖女子高校 不良悶絶グループ」, released in Japan by Toei in 1973.

A classic example of early-1970s pinky violence poster design, this striking first-release sheet combines bold typography, sensational imagery and youth-delinquency iconography in a way that perfectly reflects the film’s mixture of rebellion, exploitation and pop-art energy.

Film background

Released on 1 September 1973, Terrifying Girls’ High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group was directed by Masahiro Shimura and is generally regarded as the third entry in Toei’s Terrifying Girls’ High School / 「恐怖女子高校」 cycle.

The film belongs to the wider pinky violence tradition that flourished at Toei in the early 1970s, when the studio produced a series of female-led action and delinquent films combining schoolgirl rebellion, gang conflict, social corruption and aggressive exploitation marketing.

In this installment, Reiko Ike takes the central role in a story set around a girls’ school divided by status, control and violence. What begins as conflict within the school environment escalates into a broader struggle involving delinquent factions, criminal exploitation and revenge.

Like many films of its type, the picture mixes sukeban culture, anti-authoritarian energy and sensational set-pieces with a deliberately provocative visual and thematic approach.

Pinky violence and collectibility

This poster is highly collectible as a first-release example from Toei’s most internationally admired exploitation era.

The studio’s pinky violence campaigns are now prized not only by collectors of cult cinema, but also by admirers of Japanese graphic design, because the posters often compress the entire energy of the genre into a single image: sexuality, delinquency, danger, youth culture and stylised violence.

Original 1973 B2 posters from this period are especially desirable because they are authentic theatrical materials from the height of the genre, rather than later reproductions or revival printings.

This title is also closely associated with the enduring cult status of Reiko Ike, one of the defining faces of early-1970s Japanese exploitation cinema.

Poster design

This Japanese B2 poster is a vivid and unusually dynamic composition built around multiple large-scale photographic portraits of the film’s female cast.

At the centre is a dominant, confrontational image of a topless woman posed with one hand at her hip. Around her are additional character images, including a woman in a white outfit at upper left, a crouching schoolgirl in sailor uniform at upper right, and another figure at lower right holding a pink umbrella beside a pig.

The result is deliberately disorienting and provocative, combining glamour, delinquency, absurdity and menace in a single frame.

Across the top, in pink Japanese text, appears the film’s sensational promotional tagline:

「虫の好かない学校で
ゴロ・祭り・買物と
悪いことなら何でもやる
軟派硬派の明け暮れさ！」

A natural translation is:

“At a school she can’t stand, it’s brawling, partying, shopping — if it’s bad, they’ll do anything. Their days and nights are spent between the soft and the hard-edged worlds of delinquency.”

The wording is slang-heavy and promotional in tone, emphasising the wild, unruly behaviour associated with the film’s rebellious schoolgirl setting.

The main title block is one of the poster’s most powerful visual features.

At upper left within the lower title area appears:

「恐怖女子高校」
Translated: “Terrifying Girls’ High School”

Beside it is the green label:

「カラー作品」
Translated: “A colour film”

The enormous red main title reads:

「不良悶絶グループ」

This is most naturally rendered as:

“Delinquent Convulsion Group”
or
“Delinquent Ecstasy Group”

As with many exploitation titles of the era, the Japanese wording is intentionally sensational and somewhat lurid, making literal translation less elegant than its promotional effect in Japanese.

At the right side appears:

「＊成人映画」

Translated:

“Adults Only Film”
or
“Adult Film”

This is an original period audience classification mark and an important part of the poster’s historical presentation.

The lower section also includes a black-and-white action still of a vehicle carrying a group of young women through rough terrain, reinforcing the gang-oriented and lawless atmosphere of the film.

The Toei logo appears at lower left, while the cast and staff credits are printed along the bottom in green and black.

The overall design is a superb example of 1970s Japanese exploitation advertising: high-impact, irreverent and visually aggressive, with strong colour contrast between the cream background, bright blue graphic forms, red title lettering and pink promotional copy.

Condition

Excellent condition. The poster retains strong colour, clean paper tone, crisp printing and excellent overall display impact.

Reference: Q297.

Please review all photographs carefully, as they show the exact poster and its condition.

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster from the film’s first-release 1973 campaign, not a reproduction or later reprint.

It is now over 50 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.