{"product_id":"samurai-banners-風林火山-furin-kazan-original-japanese-first-release-movie-poster-1969-b2-size-c-51-73-cm-za1270","title":"“Samurai Banners” (風林火山 \/ Fūrin Kazan), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1969, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) ZA1270","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original Japanese B2 theatrical poster for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHiroshi Inagaki’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamurai Banners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, produced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMifune Productions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and released in Japan by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToho in 1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Adapted from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYasushi Inoue’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e historical novel, the film stars \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToshirō Mifune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as Yamamoto Kansuke, the military strategist who rose through the ranks of the Takeda clan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Excellent condition, with the scarlet title and the glossy black of Mifune’s helmet standing out against the pale blue sky.\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\u003eIn sixteenth-century Japan, Kansuke enters the service of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTakeda Shingen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKinnosuke Nakamura\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and urges him to invade neighbouring Suwa. Victory binds Kansuke’s fate to that of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincess Yufu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshiko Sakuma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), the defeated lord’s daughter, who bears Shingen a son. The campaign culminates at Kawanakajima, where the Takeda army faces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUesugi Kenshin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYūjirō Ishihara\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\u003eMifune’s helmeted portrait fills the centre, its sweeping black horns framing the three faces above. Below him, mounted warriors ride towards the viewer, their banners rising against a bank of white dust. Four red brush characters descend along the left edge. They mean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“wind, forest, fire, mountain”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and recall the passage from Sun Tzu’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e carried on Shingen’s battle standard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe red publicity line on the right reads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「日本映画の宿願ここに成る！　未曽有の豪華娯楽巨篇！」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Japanese cinema’s long-held ambition is realised at last! 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