{"product_id":"live-today-die-tomorrow-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1970-b2-size-51-x-73cm-f137-copy","title":"“Live Today, Die Tomorrow!” (裸の十九才), Original Japanese Theatrical Speed Poster 1970, Speed Size (c. 25.7 × 72.8 cm) E128","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original Japanese speed poster for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKaneto Shindō’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive Today, Die Tomorrow!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, released by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToho on 31 October 1970\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The line beneath the title identifies the film as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20th-anniversary production of Kindai Eiga Kyokai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the independent film company Shindō co-founded in 1950. At half the width of a standard B2, the tall sheet was well suited to cinema pillars and narrow wall spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn excellent condition, with vivid reds, deep blacks and visible but very minor horizontal fold lines. The bold artwork will display beautifully framed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilm background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShindō drew on the case of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorio Nagayama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who was nineteen when he shot and killed four people in Japan in 1968. In his screen debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaijirō Harada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays Michio Yamada, a fictionalised counterpart who leaves Aomori with a group of school-leavers recruited to work in Tokyo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShindō interviewed Nagayama’s mother while researching the film. Some of its most revealing scenes look back to northern Japan, where Michio’s mother, played by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNobuko Otowa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, sells fish to feed her children. Her story places the young man’s isolation within a longer family history of poverty. The film went on to win a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGold Prize at the 1971 Moscow International Film Festival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoster design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Japanese title stretches across the red heading in cracked white lettering. Beneath it, an enormous open mouth fills nearly the entire width of the sheet. Each tooth is outlined in black, and fine parallel lines describe the tongue and throat. The image gives literal form to the headline’s description of “the alienation and outcry of Japan’s nineteen-year-olds”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the foot, a small black-and-white photograph shows Harada gripping a pistol in both hands. An enlarged red palm rises behind him, its coarse pattern of printed dots visible against the cream paper. Beside the photograph, the poster shifts from a public outcry to a single voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「私は生きる。せめて二十才のその日まで、残された日々を生きることに決めた。」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I will live. I have decided to live out the days I have left, at least until I turn twenty.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent overall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Horizontal fold lines are visible across the sheet, most clearly on the reverse and where they cross the black borders. The fine linework of the mouth remains clear, and the red hand retains its strong contrast against the pale ground. Please review the photographs of the front and reverse for the full condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original vintage Japanese poster from the film’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst theatrical release in 1970\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 55 years old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57520983933306,"sku":null,"price":158.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/Wallshelfwithornaments2026-11-05-14-22.jpg?v=1793856143","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/live-today-die-tomorrow-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1970-b2-size-51-x-73cm-f137-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}