"Hard Times" / “The Streetfighter” (ストリート・ファイター), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA197

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1975 for Walter Hill’s bare-knuckle Depression-era drama Hard Times (retitled in Japan as The Streetfighter), starring Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Jill Ireland. Set in 1930s New Orleans, the film follows a stoic drifter whose fists become his livelihood as he teams up with a fast-talking promoter to survive the underground fight circuit.

Design
A gritty duotone collage radiating hardboiled cool: Bronson, cap pulled low and shirt open, faces the camera while Coburn—fedora, cigarette smoke curling—leans in from the shadows. The slashing, brush-stroke Japanese title 「ストリート・ファイター」 charges across the center in blood-red, with stacked Western credits at right. Along the bottom, a tender portrait of Jill Ireland balances a brutal ringside still inside the cage—plus a tiny steam-train vignette at lower right nodding to the period setting. Bold, masculine typography and sepia tonality nail the film’s tough vintage vibe.

Condition
Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.

This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1975 first-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 50 years old!

Certificate of Authenticity included.