{"product_id":"game-of-death-死亡遊戯-original-japanese-bruce-lee-poster-1978-b2-size-51-73-cm-a262-copy","title":"“Game of Death” \/ 「死亡遊戯」, Original Japanese Commercial Promotional Poster 1978, Bruce Lee, Rare A1 Size (59 × 84 cm) I348","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"323\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"201\"\u003eoriginal officially licensed Japanese A1 promotional poster\u003c\/strong\u003e produced in 1978 in connection with the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"288\"\u003eGame of Death \/ 「死亡遊戯」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bruce Lee’s final screen project.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"594\"\u003eManufactured in Japan by \u003cstrong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"365\"\u003eArtmax Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e and carrying a period \u003cstrong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"418\"\u003eToho-Towa copyright notice\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is not the standard Japanese theatrical B2 poster. It is a large-format commercial or door poster created to capitalise on the film’s original Japanese release campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"615\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"615\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"793\"\u003eBruce Lee began developing \u003cem data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eGame of Death\u003c\/em\u003e in 1972 as an ambitious martial-arts project structured around a series of increasingly difficult fights inside a multi-level pagoda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"1025\"\u003eProduction was interrupted when Lee left the project to make \u003cem data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"874\"\u003eEnter the Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e. Following his death in 1973, the surviving footage was incorporated into a substantially revised film completed and released internationally in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003eThe finished version follows martial-arts film star \u003cstrong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1091\"\u003eBilly Lo\u003c\/strong\u003e, who becomes the target of a criminal syndicate attempting to control his career. After surviving an assassination attempt, Billy allows the organisation to believe he is dead before returning to confront those responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1500\"\u003eThe film was completed under director \u003cstrong data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1372\"\u003eRobert Clouse\u003c\/strong\u003e, who had previously directed Lee in \u003cem data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1427\"\u003eEnter the Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e. The original pagoda sequences were conceived and directed by Bruce Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1530\"\u003eThe principal cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1651\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1651\"\u003eBruce Lee\u003cbr data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1546\"\u003eGig Young\u003cbr data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1558\"\u003eDean Jagger\u003cbr data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1572\"\u003eColleen Camp\u003cbr data-start=\"1584\" data-end=\"1587\"\u003eHugh O’Brian\u003cbr data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1602\"\u003eKareem Abdul-Jabbar\u003cbr data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1624\"\u003eDan Inosanto\u003cbr data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1639\"\u003eJi Han-jae\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1763\"\u003eThe score was composed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1693\"\u003eJohn Barry\u003c\/strong\u003e, with production associated with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003eRaymond Chow and Golden Harvest\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1983\"\u003eDespite the extensive use of newly filmed material and doubles, \u003cem data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1844\"\u003eGame of Death\u003c\/em\u003e preserves some of Lee’s most celebrated original footage, including his encounters with Dan Inosanto, Ji Han-jae, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"2002\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"2002\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2120\"\u003eThis exceptional Japanese poster dispenses almost entirely with conventional billing, taglines, and montage imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2122\" data-end=\"2401\"\u003eA full-length photograph of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2163\"\u003eBruce Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e fills the composition. He wears the instantly recognisable \u003cstrong data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2253\"\u003eyellow-and-black tracksuit\u003c\/strong\u003e created for the original pagoda sequences and adopts a poised martial-arts stance, with one fist extended and the opposite hand raised defensively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2403\" data-end=\"2554\"\u003eThe dark wooden interior behind him provides a restrained setting, allowing the brilliant yellow costume and Lee’s physical form to dominate the image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003eIts almost complete absence of typography gives the poster the character of a large-format photographic portrait rather than conventional cinema advertising. This visual simplicity makes it particularly effective for display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2783\" data-end=\"2832\"\u003eAt the lower-left corner appears the red wording:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2834\" data-end=\"2853\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2834\" data-end=\"2853\"\u003e“BRUCE IS BACK”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2855\" data-end=\"2901\"\u003eDirectly beneath is the period copyright line:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"2924\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"2924\"\u003e“© 1978 TOHOTOWA”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2926\" data-end=\"3043\"\u003eToho-Towa was the Japanese distributor responsible for releasing several of Bruce Lee’s major films during the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3045\" data-end=\"3087\"\u003eThe fine print along the lower edge reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3089\" data-end=\"3194\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3089\" data-end=\"3194\"\u003e“PRODUCED BY ART MAX LTD.\u003cbr data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3119\"\u003eROOM 717 CHISAN BUILDING\u003cbr data-start=\"3143\" data-end=\"3146\"\u003eNISHINAKAJIMA 6-2-3 YODOGAWA-KU, OSAKA, JAPAN”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3196\" data-end=\"3353\"\u003eThis identifies the Japanese company responsible for manufacturing the poster and supports its status as an \u003cstrong data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3352\"\u003eofficial period commercial promotional issue\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3382\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3382\"\u003eFormat and significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3447\"\u003eThis is a Japanese \u003cstrong data-start=\"3403\" data-end=\"3421\"\u003eA1-size poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, measuring approximately:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3449\" 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