This is an original Japanese poster printed in 1974 for the first release of Bitterness of Youth.
Tatsumi Kumashiro was one of the kings of Nikkatsu soft-core porn in the seventies, so I was unprepared for his movie Bitterness of Youth, a detailed, complex, and realistic portrait of a college student’s search for meaning and his proper future that ends badly for all concerned. This is not to say that there is no sex – he is, after all, a handsome college boy (Ken’ichi Hagiwara of Rendezvous) – but the sex is so tightly integrated into the story that it can hardly be called titillation or exploitation. It might even be said that sex becomes his downfall, as it does for his two friends, though not in the way we associate with male debauchery.
(Source Wikipedia)
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 50 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
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