{"product_id":"from-hong-kong-with-love-香港より愛をこめて-original-japanese-movie-poster-1975-b2-size-51-73-cm-a276","title":"“From Hong Kong with Love” \/ 「香港より愛をこめて」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A276","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"86f8dc35-eafb-4a1b-b461-249d22745b42\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"411\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"158\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"265\"\u003eFrom Hong Kong with Love \/ Bons baisers de Hong Kong \/ 「香港より愛をこめて」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Yvan Chiffre’s 1975 French spy comedy starring the popular comedy group \u003cstrong data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eLes Charlots\u003c\/strong\u003e, marketed in Japan as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"410\"\u003eCrazy Boys \/ 「クレージー・ボーイ」\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"637\"\u003eA broad and deliberately chaotic parody of the James Bond series, the film combines international espionage, slapstick comedy, martial arts, vehicle chases, and an improbable mission to rescue the kidnapped Queen of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"658\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"658\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"809\"\u003eWhen \u003cstrong data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eQueen Elizabeth II is abducted\u003c\/strong\u003e, the British Secret Service recruits four spectacularly inept agents to locate her and bring her safely home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"1123\"\u003eTheir investigation carries them through an increasingly absurd international conspiracy stretching from Europe to Hong Kong. Along the way, they encounter criminal syndicates, secret agents, martial artists, elaborate traps, and enough explosions and vehicle crashes to parody an entire generation of spy films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1392\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1153\"\u003eYvan Chiffre\u003c\/strong\u003e, the screenplay was written by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1223\"\u003eYvan Chiffre and Christian Fechner\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Behind them is a vivid \u003cstrong data-start=\"2025\" data-end=\"2049\"\u003egreen circular field\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating a bold graphic centre for the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2371\"\u003eA belly dancer occupies the foreground, while the surrounding margins are filled with miniature scenes of comic destruction and action: a motorcycle stunt, an aircraft, a speedboat, exploding cars, a martial arts fight, and a steam train racing along the lower-right edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2373\" data-end=\"2473\"\u003eAt left, a spoof depiction of the kidnapped Queen reinforces the film’s absurd royal-rescue premise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2475\" data-end=\"2520\"\u003eThe long green headline across the top reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2576\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2576\"\u003e「ボンドもブッタまげのアノ手・コノ顔！今世紀最狂の爆笑指令その名も“女王陛下のクレージー”大作戦！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2578\" data-end=\"2720\"\u003e“Even Bond would be stunned by those tricks and those faces! 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