{"product_id":"the-desperate-hours-original-1966-japanese-re-release-movie-poster-stb-size-51x145cm-i364","title":"\"The Desperate Hours\", Original 1966 Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster, Rare, STB Size (51x145cm) I364","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:1dd13f4f-7f1a-49bc-963f-b0cb1257e824-64\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:1dd13f4f-7f1a-49bc-963f-b0cb1257e824-64\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ce105227-b1d5-4960-b3d6-9557c4be370c\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-pro\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"324\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"99\"\u003e\"The Desperate Hours\", Original 1966 Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster, STB Size (51x145cm) I364\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"102\"\u003eJapanese title: \u003cstrong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"130\"\u003e「必死の逃亡者」\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"151\"\u003eHisshi no Tōbōsha\u003c\/em\u003e — “The Desperate Fugitive”)\u003cbr data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"182\"\u003eSize: \u003cstrong data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"228\"\u003eSTB \/ 20¼ × 57¼ in (51.5 × 145.6 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eCountry \/ Studio: \u003cstrong data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"324\"\u003eJapan \/ Paramount Pictures (Tokyo Daiichi Film re-release presentation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"324\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWilliam Wyler’s pressure-cooker adaptation of Joseph Hayes’s novel and Broadway play is a landmark of American suspense: \u003cstrong data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"619\"\u003eHumphrey Bogart, in one of his final screen roles, faces Fredric March in a brutal psychological contest inside an ordinary suburban home\u003c\/strong\u003e. Bogart’s escaped convict Glenn Griffin and his accomplices hold the Hilliard family hostage while awaiting money for their escape, turning domestic security into sustained terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1283\"\u003eThis \u003cstrong data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"839\"\u003e1966 Japanese re-release STB\u003c\/strong\u003e is among the most powerful poster treatments created for the film. Nearly five feet tall and complete in two sheets, it presents Bogart not as a conventional star portrait but as a looming, full-length threat—pistol in one hand, cigarette in the other, his exhausted face carrying the moral weight of the entire composition. For collectors of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003eBogart, William Wyler, film noir and Japanese graphic design\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is a genuine holy-grail format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1738\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1306\"\u003eDesign highlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1309\"\u003eThis is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1368\"\u003eJapanese re-release design at its most forceful\u003c\/strong\u003e. The upper section is saturated in scorched sepia, rust and blood-red: escaped convicts struggle beneath an inferno while a lone armed policeman stands against the blaze. Below, a jagged torn-paper transition exposes the terrified Hilliard family and Bogart’s haunted close-up, creating the impression that violence has physically ripped through the safety of the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"2164\"\u003eThe lower sheet is dominated by an extraordinary \u003cstrong data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1827\"\u003etowering full-body image of Bogart\u003c\/strong\u003e, his gun projecting directly toward the viewer. The enormous vermilion title characters—\u003cstrong data-start=\"1916\" data-end=\"1926\"\u003e必死の逃亡者\u003c\/strong\u003e—descend beside him in angular, fractured strokes resembling warning signs, shattered metal or flashes of gunfire. The narrow blue tagline on the right balances the red typography while extending uninterrupted through the vertical format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2166\" data-end=\"2203\"\u003eThe right-hand copy reads in essence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2326\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2326\"\u003e“Master filmmaker Wyler’s searing masterpiece, closing in on the terrifying final fate of vicious escaped convicts!!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2355\"\u003eThe upper credits announce:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2477\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2477\"\u003e“From the master of \u003cem data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2398\"\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"2403\" data-end=\"2420\"\u003eThe Big Country\u003c\/em\u003e: directed by William Wyler, starring Humphrey Bogart.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2479\" data-end=\"2752\"\u003eSupporting billing names \u003cstrong data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2554\"\u003eFredric March, Arthur Kennedy and Martha Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e. The left margin credits \u003cstrong data-start=\"2580\" data-end=\"2659\"\u003eJoseph Hayes for the original work and screenplay, Gail Kubik for the music\u003c\/strong\u003e, and identifies the film as an American production presented in Japan by Tokyo Daiichi Film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2754\" data-end=\"3119\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2754\" data-end=\"2773\"\u003eCultural impact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2773\" data-end=\"2776\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2776\" data-end=\"2797\"\u003eThe Desperate Hours\u003c\/em\u003e helped move American crime cinema away from shadowy streets and nightclubs and into the supposedly secure family home. Wyler transforms everyday rooms into psychological traps, while Bogart and March embody opposing forms of authority: one based on violence and fear, the other on restraint, endurance and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3121\" data-end=\"3449\"\u003eBogart’s performance also reverses the charisma of his earlier gangster roles. Glenn Griffin is dangerous but cornered, increasingly desperate and stripped of romantic glamour. That late-career severity gives the film much of its lasting power and makes the poster’s monumental, weathered image of Bogart especially appropriate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3451\" data-end=\"3894\"\u003eThe artwork is also an exceptional example of how Japanese distributors \u003cstrong data-start=\"3523\" data-end=\"3582\"\u003ereimagined classic Hollywood films for a 1960s audience\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than simply reproduce American campaign art, the designer rebuilt the film as a modern vertical collage—combining photographic realism, Pop-era scale, torn-paper montage and aggressive Japanese typography. The result is arguably more immediate and visually sophisticated than the original U.S. material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3896\" data-end=\"4180\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3896\" data-end=\"3909\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3909\" data-end=\"3912\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3912\" data-end=\"3926\"\u003eExcellent+\u003c\/strong\u003e, complete in its two original sheets and unrestored. Previously folded and now stored flat. The rich red, sepia, black and blue printing remains exceptionally strong, with clean white areas and excellent definition throughout Bogart’s full-length image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4182\" data-end=\"4646\"\u003eThere are light original fold lines, minor handling creases and very limited age-related edge wear consistent with thin-stock theatrical paper of this period. The visible horizontal division is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"4380\" data-end=\"4424\"\u003eoriginal join between the two STB panels\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a defect. The backs remain clean, with normal image show-through from the strongly printed fronts. A remarkably well-preserved example in this imposing format. Please see the detailed front-and-back imagery provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4648\" data-end=\"4843\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4648\" data-end=\"4666\"\u003eAuthentication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4666\" data-end=\"4669\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4669\" data-end=\"4731\"\u003eGuaranteed original; Certificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e The period \u003cstrong data-start=\"4743\" data-end=\"4806\"\u003eTokyo Daiichi Film emblem and Eirin approval mark no. 41297\u003c\/strong\u003e remain printed at the lower corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4845\" data-end=\"5149\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4845\" data-end=\"4876\"\u003eAbout STB (Tatekan) posters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"4876\" data-end=\"4879\"\u003eSTBs are tall, two-sheet Japanese vertical posters measuring approximately \u003cstrong data-start=\"4954\" data-end=\"4973\"\u003e51.5 × 145.6 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e. The two panels were displayed one above the other on purpose-built \u003cem data-start=\"5042\" data-end=\"5051\"\u003etatekan\u003c\/em\u003e signboards outside cinemas, in theatre entrances and along busy pedestrian or transit approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5151\" data-end=\"5594\"\u003eEffectively functioning as miniature billboards, they were printed on relatively thin paper and intended for short-term commercial use. Most were folded, pasted, exposed to handling or weather and discarded when the engagement ended. Complete survivors are therefore scarce, particularly for \u003cstrong data-start=\"5443\" data-end=\"5485\"\u003eclassic Hollywood re-release campaigns\u003c\/strong\u003e, which were produced in smaller numbers and are often far less documented than standard Japanese B2 posters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5596\" data-end=\"5876\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIn the case of \u003cem data-start=\"5611\" data-end=\"5632\"\u003eThe Desperate Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, the towering Bogart figure and uninterrupted vertical typography were conceived specifically to exploit the format. 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