This is an original Japanese poster printed in 1973 for the first release of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War.
Director Kinji Fukasaku`s Battles Without Honor or Humanity series revolutionized the Japanese Yakuza genre in the same way the The Godfather showed a completely new side of the mafia in the US.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い 代理戦争, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai: Dairi Senso) is a 1973 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the third film in a five-part series that Fukasaku made in a span of just two years, focusing on the events prior to a major war between Hiroshima yakuza in the early 1960s.
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This poster is in excellent condition. Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
It is over 51 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
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