{"product_id":"furyo-bancho-detatoko-shobu-wolves-of-the-city-take-your-chance-不良番長-出たとこ勝負-original-release-japanese-two-sheet-billboard-poster-1970-very-good-unrestored-condition-b0-billboard-approx-103-145-6-cm-40-5-57-3-in","title":"“Furyō Banchō: Detatoko Shōbu \/ Wolves of the City: Take Your Chance” (不良番長 出たとこ勝負) Original release Japanese two-sheet billboard poster, 1970 — Very Good unrestored condition (B0 Billboard approx. 103 × 145.6 cm \/ 40.5 × 57.3 in)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"258\"\u003e“\u003cstrong data-start=\"1\" data-end=\"72\"\u003eFuryō Banchō: Detatoko Shōbu \/ Wolves of the City: Take Your Chance\u003c\/strong\u003e” (不良番長 出たとこ勝負) \u003cstrong data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"150\"\u003eOriginal release Japanese two-sheet billboard poster, 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"199\"\u003eVery Good unrestored condition\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eB0 Billboard approx. 103 × 145.6 cm \/ 40.5 × 57.3 in\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"834\"\u003eOffered here is a rare large-format \u003cstrong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"345\"\u003eoriginal Japanese theatrical billboard poster\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"382\"\u003eFuryō Banchō: Detatoko Shōbu\u003c\/strong\u003e (不良番長 出たとこ勝負), Toei’s 1970 delinquent-biker action film directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"467\"\u003eMakoto Naitō\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"499\"\u003eTatsuo Umemiya\u003c\/strong\u003e. Released in Japan on \u003cstrong data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"539\"\u003e1 August 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"576\"\u003e8th installment\u003c\/strong\u003e in Toei’s cult \u003cstrong data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"626\"\u003eFuryō Banchō \/ Delinquent Boss\u003c\/strong\u003e series, with the official Toei description foregrounding the Capone Gang, the Fukushima \/ Mount Bandai setting, and the climactic spectacle of \u003cstrong data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"795\"\u003e100 skull motorcycles\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"1779\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"847\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"850\"\u003eFilm: 不良番長 出たとこ勝負\u003cbr data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"870\"\u003eRomanized title: \u003cstrong data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"919\"\u003eFuryō Banchō: Detatoko Shōbu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"922\"\u003eCommon English title: \u003cstrong data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"984\"\u003eWolves of the City: Take Your Chance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"987\"\u003eRelease: \u003cstrong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1011\"\u003eJapan, 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1014\"\u003eStudio \/ Distributor: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003eToei\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1047\"\u003eProduction: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1073\"\u003eToei Tokyo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1076\"\u003eDirector: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1102\"\u003eMakoto Naitō\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1105\"\u003eScreenplay: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1156\"\u003eHideaki Yamamoto and Isao Matsumoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1159\"\u003eOriginal work: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1189\"\u003eBonten Tarō\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003eStarring: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1368\"\u003eTatsuo Umemiya, Hayato Tani, Tsunehiko Watase, Reiko Oshida, Shingo Yamashiro, Rikiya Yasuoka, Yasushi Suzuki, Yūri Tōru, Hōsei Komatsu, Tōru Abe, Kyōsuke Machida\u003c\/strong\u003e and others\u003cbr data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1382\"\u003eMusic: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1403\"\u003eMasao Yagi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1406\"\u003eFormat: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1495\"\u003eJapanese B0 two-sheet billboard poster, composed of two joined B1-size sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1498\"\u003eApprox. size: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1547\"\u003e103 × 145.6 cm \/ 40.5 × 57.3 in\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1550\"\u003eCondition: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1616\"\u003eVery Good unrestored original condition\u003c\/strong\u003e, with strong colour, visible original fold lines, pinholes, light handling, and the two-sheet join typical of cinema-used Japanese billboard posters of the period\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1865\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1792\"\u003eContext\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1795\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1865\"\u003eToei delinquent cinema: bikers, scams, violence, and outlaw comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"2280\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1887\"\u003eFuryō Banchō\u003c\/strong\u003e films occupy a distinctive place in Toei genre cinema: not solemn ninkyo-yakuza dramas, but fast, comic, abrasive delinquent pictures built around scams, gang rivalry, street violence, girls, motorcycles, and outrageous costume design. The gang at the centre of the series is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2183\"\u003eCapone Gang\u003c\/strong\u003e, led by Umemiya’s outlaw boss figure — a deliberately brash, anti-authoritarian screen presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2282\" data-end=\"2695\"\u003eThis entry moves the gang away from Shinjuku under pressure from yakuza and police, taking them to Fukushima and the Mount Bandai area. There they launch a dubious \u003cstrong data-start=\"2446\" data-end=\"2462\"\u003e“Miss Sauna”\u003c\/strong\u003e scheme while becoming entangled with rival criminal forces. Toei’s own synopsis emphasizes the film’s mixture of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2576\" data-end=\"2609\"\u003eaction, humour, and eroticism\u003c\/strong\u003e, culminating in a high-speed motorcycle finale. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2763\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2724\"\u003eThe Furyō Banchō series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2727\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"2763\"\u003eThe Capone Gang at full throttle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2765\" data-end=\"3188\"\u003eThe wider \u003cstrong data-start=\"2775\" data-end=\"2791\"\u003eFuryō Banchō\u003c\/strong\u003e cycle became one of Toei’s defining delinquent-action series, with the studio later identifying its 1972 finale as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2911\" data-end=\"2946\"\u003e16th and concluding installment\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e This poster belongs to the series’ earlier, especially potent period, when the films still traded heavily in biker spectacle, mock-military swagger, comic criminality, and exploitation-era visual shock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3190\" data-end=\"3479\"\u003eThe poster itself announces this directly. Across the top, the printed copy promises the film’s major attraction: \u003cstrong data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3331\"\u003e“100 skull motorcycles”\u003c\/strong\u003e in a mass assault. That sensational promise is made visual in the lower third, where rows of riders surge forward beneath the huge title lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3481\" data-end=\"3550\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3481\" data-end=\"3499\"\u003eTatsuo Umemiya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3499\" data-end=\"3502\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3502\" data-end=\"3550\"\u003eThe delinquent boss as pop-culture anti-hero\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3552\" data-end=\"3851\"\u003eTatsuo Umemiya was the central face of the series, and this billboard presents the Delinquent Boss image at its most theatrical. The design places the lead outlaw figure in black leather, gloves, goggles, and military-inflected biker headgear, brandishing a firearm directly into the viewer’s space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3853\" data-end=\"4117\"\u003eIt is a confrontational piece of advertising: part gangster image, part biker fantasy, part exploitation spectacle. At B0 scale, the figure becomes especially forceful, giving the poster the immediacy of a lobby display intended to stop passers-by in their tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4119\" data-end=\"4224\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4119\" data-end=\"4162\"\u003eReiko Oshida and the exploitation image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4162\" data-end=\"4165\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4165\" data-end=\"4224\"\u003eGlamour, danger, and Toei’s early-1970s visual language\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4226\" data-end=\"4547\"\u003eThe central bikini-clad female figure gives the poster its unmistakable Toei exploitation charge. Rather than functioning as a quiet supporting element, she is placed almost as a second lead image: smiling, armed, costumed in matching biker-gang styling, and positioned directly over the film’s massed motorcycle imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4549\" data-end=\"4822\"\u003eThis combination — biker violence, erotic display, comic criminality, and violent typography — places the poster close to the broader visual world of Toei’s early-1970s exploitation cinema, while remaining firmly within the male-led \u003cstrong data-start=\"4782\" data-end=\"4798\"\u003eFuryō Banchō\u003c\/strong\u003e delinquent-biker cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4824\" data-end=\"4921\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4824\" data-end=\"4859\"\u003eThe film this poster represents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4859\" data-end=\"4862\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4862\" data-end=\"4921\"\u003eFrom Shinjuku to Fukushima: the Capone Gang on the road\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4923\" data-end=\"5422\"\u003eIn \u003cstrong data-start=\"4926\" data-end=\"4944\"\u003eDetatoko Shōbu\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Capone Gang is forced out of its Shinjuku base and heads north to Fukushima. Their new scheme involves staging a supposed beauty-pageant \/ “Miss Sauna” operation, while rival yakuza interests and local conflicts push the story toward a large-scale action climax. Toei’s official description highlights the final motorcycle sequence, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"5293\" data-end=\"5325\"\u003e100 skull-marked motorcycles\u003c\/strong\u003e and a last act built around speed, gunfire, and spectacle. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5424\" data-end=\"5651\"\u003eThe Japanese subtitle \u003cstrong data-start=\"5446\" data-end=\"5456\"\u003e出たとこ勝負\u003c\/strong\u003e carries the sense of taking things as they come — a gamble, an improvised chance, a hit-or-miss confrontation. That spirit is exactly what the poster sells: speed, danger, disorder, and swagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5653\" data-end=\"5748\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5653\" data-end=\"5667\"\u003eThe poster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"5667\" data-end=\"5670\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5670\" data-end=\"5748\"\u003eA monumental Toei collage of speed, sex, violence, and shock-yellow design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5750\" data-end=\"5858\"\u003eThis B0 two-sheet design is a powerful example of Japanese theatrical advertising from the exploitation era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5860\" data-end=\"5888\"\u003eKey visual elements include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5890\" data-end=\"6079\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5890\" data-end=\"5922\"\u003eThe massive title treatment:\u003c\/strong\u003e the central characters \u003cstrong data-start=\"5946\" data-end=\"5954\"\u003e不良番長\u003c\/strong\u003e dominate the poster in sculptural white lettering, with the red subtitle \u003cstrong data-start=\"6028\" data-end=\"6038\"\u003e出たとこ勝負\u003c\/strong\u003e set below in jagged, hand-painted style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6081\" data-end=\"6259\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6081\" data-end=\"6102\"\u003eThe yellow field:\u003c\/strong\u003e the saturated yellow background gives the entire design a violent theatrical brightness, making the figures and typography stand out with exceptional force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6261\" data-end=\"6400\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6261\" data-end=\"6288\"\u003eThe biker-gang imagery:\u003c\/strong\u003e the lower section is crowded with motorcycles, directly echoing the poster’s promise of a \u003cstrong data-start=\"6379\" data-end=\"6399\"\u003e100-bike assault\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6402\" data-end=\"6570\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6402\" data-end=\"6432\"\u003eThe mock-military styling:\u003c\/strong\u003e caps, armbands, leather, insignia-like details, and gang uniforms create the provocative visual identity associated with the Capone Gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6572\" data-end=\"6813\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6572\" data-end=\"6600\"\u003eThe collage composition:\u003c\/strong\u003e multiple figures, weapons, motorcycles, glamour imagery, and huge lettering are compressed into a single chaotic field — exactly the sort of maximalist design that made Toei posters of this period so collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6815\" data-end=\"7080\"\u003eAt \u003cstrong data-start=\"6818\" data-end=\"6840\"\u003eB0 billboard scale\u003c\/strong\u003e, the composition has far greater impact than a standard B2. The title becomes architectural, the figures become almost life-size in presence, and the motorcycle formation reads as a genuine crowd scene rather than a small printed vignette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7082\" data-end=\"7161\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7082\" data-end=\"7105\"\u003eRarity and survival\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"7105\" data-end=\"7108\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7108\" data-end=\"7161\"\u003eA scarce B0 two-sheet for a cult Toei biker title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7163\" data-end=\"7464\"\u003eJapanese \u003cstrong data-start=\"7172\" data-end=\"7206\"\u003eB0 two-sheet billboard posters\u003c\/strong\u003e were produced for large-scale theatrical display rather than ordinary domestic collecting. They were difficult to store, vulnerable to pinning, folding, theatre handling, and separation, and far less likely to survive complete than standard smaller formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7466\" data-end=\"7816\"\u003eThis example is especially desirable because it remains in its full \u003cstrong data-start=\"7534\" data-end=\"7564\"\u003etwo-sheet B0 configuration\u003c\/strong\u003e, made from \u003cstrong data-start=\"7576\" data-end=\"7609\"\u003etwo B1 sheets joined together\u003c\/strong\u003e, as was common for cinema-used Japanese billboard posters from the period. For a cult Toei title in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"7714\" data-end=\"7730\"\u003eFuryō Banchō\u003c\/strong\u003e series, a complete B0 display poster with such a strong design is a significant find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7818\" data-end=\"8036\"\u003eIts appeal crosses several collecting categories: \u003cstrong data-start=\"7868\" data-end=\"8035\"\u003eJapanese film posters, Toei exploitation cinema, biker-gang imagery, delinquent-action films, Tatsuo Umemiya, Reiko Oshida, and early-1970s Japanese graphic design\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8038\" data-end=\"8112\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"8038\" data-end=\"8051\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"8051\" data-end=\"8054\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"8054\" data-end=\"8112\"\u003eVery Good unrestored original presentation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8114\" data-end=\"8473\"\u003eThis poster presents in \u003cstrong data-start=\"8138\" data-end=\"8184\"\u003eVery Good \/ Excellent unrestored condition\u003c\/strong\u003e. The colours remain strong, the printed detail is sharp, and the overall image displays with excellent presence. The poster retains its expected original fold structure and visible sheet join, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"8383\" data-end=\"8395\"\u003epinholes\u003c\/strong\u003e, light handling, minor creasing, and age-consistent wear from theatrical use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8475\" data-end=\"8757\"\u003eThe reverse carries a blue period title stamp reading \u003cstrong data-start=\"8529\" data-end=\"8548\"\u003eカラー 不良番長 出たとこ勝負\u003c\/strong\u003e. This kind of title stamping is typical of Japanese cinema-used posters of the era and provides an attractive provenance detail, confirming the poster’s identity from the reverse as well as the printed front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"8759\" data-end=\"8861\"\u003eCondition\u003cbr data-start=\"8768\" data-end=\"8771\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"8771\" data-end=\"8861\"\u003eVery Good \/ Excellent. 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