{"product_id":"dr-no-original-first-release-japanese-movie-poster-1962-stb-tatekan-size-20-57-51-145-cm-linen-backed-museum-grade-copy","title":"“Dr. No”, Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster, 1962 Film \/ Japanese First Release 1963, Ultra Rare Japanese Billboard B0 Poster, 110 × 160 cm","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"745\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"525\"\u003eDR. NO \/ 007は殺しの番号\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"528\"\u003eJapan United Artists, Japanese first release 1963\u003cbr data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"580\"\u003eOriginal first-release Japanese theatrical billboard poster\u003cbr data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eJapanese Billboard B0 \/ eki-bari format\u003cbr data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"684\"\u003eColour-printed poster on paper, professionally linen-backed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"943\"\u003eA genuine \u003cstrong data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"793\"\u003emuseum-grade James Bond artifact\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Japanese B0 \/ eki-bari billboard for Dr. No, the first James Bond film and one of the most elusive pieces of early Bond advertising known to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"1330\"\u003eWe previously acquired the example that had been held in a private Japanese collection for decades and was loaned\/displayed at the National Film Archive of Japan. The present poster is, to the best of our knowledge, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1203\"\u003ethe only other known surviving example\u003c\/strong\u003e of this extraordinary design, making this the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1250\" data-end=\"1329\"\u003esecond time we have sourced this rarest-of-the-rare Japanese Bond billboard\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1716\"\u003eNo complete public census exists, and no one can state an exact surviving number with certainty. However, based on our records, prior enquiries, and market experience, this Dr. No B0 is known to us in only two examples. Its scale, early date, Japanese origin, and direct connection to the birth of the Bond franchise place it in a collecting category that is almost never encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1836\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1836\"\u003eAn institutional-level James Bond billboard—monumental in scale, exceptionally scarce, and historically important.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"1841\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"t39r3l\" data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1855\"\u003eKey Facts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1888\"\u003eFilm: Dr. No \/ James Bond \/ 007\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1949\"\u003eJapanese release title: 007は殺しの番号, as printed on the poster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"1969\"\u003eStar: Sean Connery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1971\" data-end=\"2011\"\u003eCo-stars: Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2036\"\u003eDirector: Terence Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2038\" data-end=\"2059\"\u003eBased on: Ian Fleming\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2061\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003eFilm release: 1962\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2109\"\u003eJapanese first release: 1963\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2193\"\u003ePoster format: Japanese Billboard B0 \/ eki-bari — approx. 110 × 160 cm, as offered\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2195\" data-end=\"2261\"\u003eConservation: Professionally linen-backed for structural stability\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2360\"\u003eRarity: \u003cstrong data-start=\"2271\" data-end=\"2360\"\u003eOne of only two examples known to us; the second example sourced by Japan Poster Shop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2399\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity: Included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2401\" data-end=\"2517\"\u003ePlease note: \u003cstrong data-start=\"2414\" data-end=\"2517\"\u003ethe price is fixed for this item. It is not included in any periodic sales, including Black Friday.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"2522\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"9eqokw\" data-start=\"2524\" data-end=\"2552\"\u003eRarity and Market Context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1rhw52x\" data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2624\"\u003eThe Japanese B0 \/ eki-bari factor: posters designed not to survive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2929\"\u003eJapanese B0 and eki-bari posters were created for high-impact public display, including station postings, cinema frontages, and other theatrical advertising environments. Their purpose was visibility, not preservation. Many were pasted, handled, exposed, replaced, or discarded at the end of a campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2931\" data-end=\"3064\"\u003eTheir scale also made them difficult to store. As a result, survival rates are exceptionally low, particularly for early Bond titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3066\" data-end=\"3340\"\u003eIn the case of Dr. No, the rarity is compounded by its position at the very beginning of the series. This was before James Bond advertising material had become recognized as historically collectible and before the franchise’s global cultural importance was fully understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1ivgkli\" data-start=\"3342\" data-end=\"3382\"\u003eOne of only two examples known to us\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3526\"\u003eThis Dr. No B0 is among the rarest Japanese James Bond posters we have handled and, in our view, one of the rarest Bond posters in any format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3528\" data-end=\"3797\"\u003eWe previously owned one example, which at that time was believed to be the only known surviving example. That poster had been held in a private Japanese collection for decades and was loaned\/displayed at the National Film Archive of Japan approximately eight years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3799\" data-end=\"3903\"\u003eThe present poster is \u003cstrong data-start=\"3821\" data-end=\"3859\"\u003ethe only other example known to us\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3868\" data-end=\"3902\"\u003esecond example we have sourced\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3905\" data-end=\"4175\"\u003eThe design does not appear to be published in the usual reference material, unlike the Japanese B0 billboards for From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. Based on enquiries made in 2022, our understanding is that EON Productions did not have this Dr. No B0 in its archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1ax44j4\" data-start=\"4177\" data-end=\"4203\"\u003eBroader market context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4205\" data-end=\"4578\"\u003eBy way of comparison, the far more familiar Dr. No British quad sold at Sotheby’s in 2019 for £87,500, reported at the time as approximately $115,000. That sale underlines the strength of the market for first-release Dr. No paper, though this Japanese B0 should be considered in its own category due to its scale, scarcity, and near-total absence from public sales history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"4580\" data-end=\"4583\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1ewaprz\" data-start=\"4585\" data-end=\"4616\"\u003eThe Film: Why Dr. No Matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"yn6v2d\" data-start=\"4618\" data-end=\"4659\"\u003eThe beginning of James Bond on screen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4661\" data-end=\"4809\"\u003eDr. No is the first Eon Productions James Bond film and the beginning of one of cinema’s longest-running and most commercially important franchises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4811\" data-end=\"5014\"\u003eIts Japanese release title, 007は殺しの番号, translates as “007 is the Number for Killing,” reflecting the early Japanese marketing of Bond before the character’s later titles and branding became standardized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"19m7rax\" data-start=\"5016\" data-end=\"5062\"\u003eBefore the phenomenon was fully understood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5064\" data-end=\"5406\"\u003eThe historical importance of this poster lies partly in its timing. Dr. No was released before James Bond had become a global phenomenon. At the time, large-format Japanese publicity was produced and used like ordinary cinema advertising, with little expectation that it would later hold major historical, cultural, or collector significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5408\" data-end=\"5475\"\u003eThat early context helps explain the poster’s extreme rarity today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"5477\" data-end=\"5480\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1a1n3cs\" data-start=\"5482\" data-end=\"5508\"\u003eThe B0 Billboard Format\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5510\" data-end=\"5633\"\u003eThis is not simply “a Japanese poster.” It is the Japanese theatrical billboard format, produced for maximum public impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5635\" data-end=\"5670\"\u003eMassive scale: approx. 110 × 160 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5672\" data-end=\"5757\"\u003eOriginal theatrical use: intended for station, cinema, and public advertising display\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5759\" data-end=\"5848\"\u003eExtremely low survival rate: these were working advertising sheets, not collector objects\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5850\" data-end=\"5938\"\u003eTop-tier desirability: an early Bond billboard in a format almost never offered publicly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5940\" data-end=\"6039\"\u003eIn short: \u003cstrong data-start=\"5950\" data-end=\"5975\"\u003eB0 changes everything\u003c\/strong\u003e—rarity, presence, historical importance, and acquisition level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"6041\" data-end=\"6044\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"j18f1g\" data-start=\"6046\" data-end=\"6107\"\u003ePoster Design: One of the Great Early Japanese Bond Images\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6109\" data-end=\"6203\"\u003eThis design is one of the most striking and historically important Japanese Bond compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6205\" data-end=\"6468\"\u003eThe poster combines strong white-field modernism with bold red and black typography, giving the design exceptional visual clarity at billboard scale. The large red “007” dominates the upper field, while the Japanese release title creates immediate graphic impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6470\" data-end=\"6707\"\u003eThe central figure of Bond, presented in formal dress and holding a pistol, gives the poster a directness and theatrical force that perfectly captures the earliest conception of the character: elegant, dangerous, and unmistakably modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6709\" data-end=\"7100\"\u003eAt the lower edge, the water imagery with Ursula Andress anchors the design in one of the most recognizable visual moments associated with Dr. No. On the right, stacked circular text panels function almost like modernist information modules, balancing cast, credits, colour information, and branding. The green “Ian Fleming’s Dr. No” roundel and United Artists mark complete the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7102\" data-end=\"7289\"\u003eJapanese James Bond posters are widely admired for their artwork, and this B0 is a landmark example: bold, spare, cinematic, and unlike the more commonly seen Western advertising formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"7291\" data-end=\"7294\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1m1bbgb\" data-start=\"7296\" data-end=\"7325\"\u003eText and Translation Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7327\" data-end=\"7408\"\u003eBelow are key on-sheet texts and their English meanings as printed on the poster:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7410\" data-end=\"7516\"\u003eJapanese title: 007は殺しの番号\u003cbr data-start=\"7435\" data-end=\"7438\"\u003e“007 is the Number for Killing” — the Japanese first-release title for Dr. No.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7518\" data-end=\"7677\"\u003eVertical copy: 英米に爆発的人気を持つ007シリーズ・ハードボイルドタッチの痛快アクション！\u003cbr data-start=\"7571\" data-end=\"7574\"\u003e“The 007 series, explosively popular in Britain and America — a hard-boiled, thrilling action picture!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7679\" data-end=\"7713\"\u003eColour note: 総天然色\u003cbr data-start=\"7696\" data-end=\"7699\"\u003e“Full colour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7715\" data-end=\"7884\"\u003eSource \/ adaptation line: イアン・フレミング原作 \/ 英国秘密情報部007＝ジェームズ・ボンドシリーズの映画化\u003cbr data-start=\"7783\" data-end=\"7786\"\u003e“Based on Ian Fleming; a screen adaptation of the British Secret Service 007 \/ James Bond series.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7886\" data-end=\"8001\"\u003eSean Connery panel: 殺人許可証を持つ男 \/ ジェームズ・ボンド／プレイボーイNo.1\u003cbr data-start=\"7938\" data-end=\"7941\"\u003e“The man with a licence to kill; James Bond, Playboy No. 1.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8003\" data-end=\"8076\"\u003eCast panel: アーシュラ・アンドレス \/ ジョゼフ・ワイズマン\u003cbr data-start=\"8039\" data-end=\"8042\"\u003e“Ursula Andress \/ Joseph Wiseman.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8078\" data-end=\"8211\"\u003eCredits panel: 監督 テレンス・ヤング \/ 音楽 モンティ・ノーマン \/ ジェームズ・ボンドのテーマ\u003cbr data-start=\"8135\" data-end=\"8138\"\u003e“Directed by Terence Young; music by Monty Norman; The James Bond Theme.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8213\" data-end=\"8308\"\u003eDistributor line: 日本ユナイテッド・アーチスツ映画会社配給\u003cbr data-start=\"8251\" data-end=\"8254\"\u003e“Distributed in Japan by United Artists Film Company.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8310\" data-end=\"8354\"\u003eEnglish title on sheet: Ian Fleming’s Dr. No\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"8356\" data-end=\"8359\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"lr85t4\" data-start=\"8361\" data-end=\"8376\"\u003eConservation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8378\" data-end=\"8490\"\u003eThis poster has been professionally linen-backed for long-term structural stability, safe handling, and display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8492\" data-end=\"8814\"\u003eThe poster was found folded and unused, having been stored for many years in a warehouse box. As a result of long-term folded storage, there is visible ink transfer in some lighter areas, particularly around the gun and adjacent white background, where darker printed sections had been in contact with the paper over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8816\" data-end=\"9102\"\u003eImportantly, this ink transfer was \u003cstrong data-start=\"8851\" data-end=\"8899\"\u003edeliberately not airbrushed or over-restored\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was retained as part of the poster’s authentic history and survival. Further cosmetic restoration could be undertaken by a specialist restorer if a more visually near-mint presentation were desired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9104\" data-end=\"9168\"\u003eStructurally, the poster is stabilized and suitable for framing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"9170\" data-end=\"9173\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hrykuu\" data-start=\"9175\" data-end=\"9187\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9189\" data-end=\"9354\"\u003eVery strong overall presentation on linen, with visible age-appropriate evidence of long-term folded storage, including ink transfer in lighter areas as noted above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9356\" data-end=\"9570\"\u003eThe poster retains outstanding display impact, particularly given its scale, date, and extreme rarity. It presents as a highly important original theatrical billboard rather than an over-restored decorative object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9572\" data-end=\"9645\"\u003ePlease refer to the imagery — it shows the exact poster offered for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"9647\" data-end=\"9650\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"u08egw\" data-start=\"9652\" data-end=\"9682\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9684\" data-end=\"9721\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9723\" data-end=\"9838\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"9723\" data-end=\"9838\"\u003ePlease note the price is fixed for this item. 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