{"product_id":"the-diamond-mercenaries-ダイヤモンドの犬たち-original-japanese-movie-poster-1976-b2-size-51-73-cm-e269","title":"“The Diamond Mercenaries” \/ 「ダイヤモンドの犬たち」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1976, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) E269","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"385\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"163\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"242\"\u003eThe Diamond Mercenaries \/ 「ダイヤモンドの犬たち」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Val Guest’s 1976 desert heist thriller starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"384\"\u003ePeter Fonda, Telly Savalas, Christopher Lee, Hugh O’Brian, O. J. Simpson, and Maud Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"579\"\u003eReleased in some territories as \u003cstrong data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"435\"\u003eKiller Force\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film combines an elaborate diamond robbery with mercenaries, armoured vehicles, helicopters, gun battles, and large-scale desert pursuits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"600\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"600\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eThe story is set around a heavily fortified diamond-mining operation in the South African desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"981\"\u003eSecurity chief \u003cstrong data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"730\"\u003eHarry Webb\u003c\/strong\u003e, played by Telly Savalas, is responsible for protecting the mine and the enormous quantity of uncut diamonds stored within its compound. Unknown to him, a conspiracy is developing among men with detailed knowledge of the mine’s security arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1182\"\u003eThe planned robbery brings together professional criminals and mercenaries prepared to use military weapons, vehicles, and aircraft to seize the diamonds and escape across the surrounding wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1363\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1199\"\u003ePeter Fonda\u003c\/strong\u003e plays Bradley, while \u003cstrong data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1240\"\u003eChristopher Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e appears as Major Chilton. The ensemble also includes Hugh O’Brian, O. J. Simpson, Maud Adams, Ian Yule, and Warren Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1603\"\u003eAs the operation begins, shifting loyalties and personal ambitions complicate the original plan. The robbery develops into an extended conflict involving automatic weapons, vehicle chases, aerial pursuit, and explosions across the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1768\"\u003eThe film was directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003eVal Guest\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose extensive career encompassed British crime films, science fiction, comedy, and large-scale international productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1880\"\u003eIt was produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1832\"\u003eNat Wachsberger and Patrick Wachsberger\u003c\/strong\u003e, with music composed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1879\"\u003eGeorges Garvarentz\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"2177\"\u003eThe unusually varied cast—combining Peter Fonda’s countercultural screen image, Telly Savalas’s commanding television persona, Christopher Lee’s international prominence, and future Bond actress Maud Adams—has helped the film retain a following among collectors of 1970s action and heist cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2196\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2196\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2336\"\u003eThis Japanese poster uses a densely layered action montage dominated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2335\"\u003efire, smoke, weapons, vehicles, and the arid desert landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2549\"\u003eAt upper right, an enormous portrait of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2404\"\u003ePeter Fonda as Bradley\u003c\/strong\u003e anchors the composition. Wearing white-framed sunglasses, a beard, and an open leather jacket, he is presented as the film’s principal antihero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2748\"\u003eBehind him rises a column of dense black smoke from a burning vehicle. The shape of the smoke cuts through the centre of the poster, connecting the portrait above with the desert destruction below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2750\" data-end=\"3025\"\u003eThe upper-left montage assembles the principal mercenaries and security personnel carrying rifles and submachine guns. \u003cstrong data-start=\"2869\" data-end=\"2883\"\u003eMaud Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e stands prominently at the centre, holding a long firearm, while armed figures gather around her against an aerial view of the mining complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3027\" data-end=\"3224\"\u003eAt lower right, a yellow truck overturns during the desert pursuit, its rear wheels lifted high into the air. Nearby vehicles race through fire and dust while a helicopter appears above the action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3226\" data-end=\"3384\"\u003eA small romantic inset at lower left shows Fonda and Adams together, introducing an element of personal intrigue amid the otherwise relentless action imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3386\" data-end=\"3416\"\u003eThe central red tagline reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3418\" data-end=\"3444\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3418\" data-end=\"3444\"\u003e「サハラの犬ども！欲望に喉を渇らして死ね！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3446\" data-end=\"3457\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3459\" data-end=\"3524\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3459\" data-end=\"3524\"\u003e“Dogs of the Sahara! Die with your throats parched by greed!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3526\" data-end=\"3572\"\u003eThe black vertical headline at left announces:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3574\" data-end=\"3601\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3574\" data-end=\"3601\"\u003e「’76最大の迫撃スーパー・アクション登場！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3603\" data-end=\"3614\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3616\" data-end=\"3687\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3616\" data-end=\"3687\"\u003e“The greatest hard-hitting super-action spectacle of 1976 arrives!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3689\" data-end=\"3750\"\u003eThe adjacent text describes the film’s principal attractions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3752\" data-end=\"3814\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3752\" data-end=\"3814\"\u003e「灼きつく熱砂のド真中\u003cbr data-start=\"3765\" data-end=\"3768\"\u003e巨額なダイヤ強奪に命を賭けた奴らの\u003cbr data-start=\"3785\" data-end=\"3788\"\u003e壮絶なカーチェイス・銃撃戦・ヘリコプター攻防！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3816\" data-end=\"3827\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3829\" data-end=\"4001\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3829\" data-end=\"4001\"\u003e“In the heart of the scorching desert—a ferocious car chase, gun battle, and helicopter conflict fought by men risking their lives to steal a vast fortune in diamonds!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4003\" data-end=\"4031\"\u003eThe enormous Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4033\" data-end=\"4049\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4033\" data-end=\"4049\"\u003e「ダイヤモンドの犬たち」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4051\" data-end=\"4201\"\u003eappears across the bottom in jagged red lettering. Its irregular, explosive form mirrors the smoke, wreckage, and movement throughout the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4203\" data-end=\"4267\"\u003eDirectly above it, the principal cast is identified in Japanese:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4269\" data-end=\"4318\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4269\" data-end=\"4318\"\u003ePeter Fonda\u003cbr data-start=\"4282\" data-end=\"4285\"\u003eTelly Savalas\u003cbr data-start=\"4298\" data-end=\"4301\"\u003eChristopher Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4320\" data-end=\"4338\"\u003eThe English title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4340\" data-end=\"4369\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4340\" data-end=\"4369\"\u003e“THE DIAMOND MERCENARIES”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4371\" data-end=\"4503\"\u003eappears beneath the billing, while the lower margin contains the production credits and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"4463\" data-end=\"4502\"\u003eToei foreign-film distribution mark\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4505\" data-end=\"4701\"\u003eThe result is a quintessential example of \u003cstrong data-start=\"4547\" data-end=\"4586\"\u003e1970s Japanese action-poster design\u003c\/strong\u003e: crowded, sensational, vividly coloured, and constructed to communicate the film’s scale and violence immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4703\" data-end=\"4716\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4703\" data-end=\"4716\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4718\" data-end=\"4900\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4718\" data-end=\"4742\"\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e A highly attractive example retaining strong red, orange, and black tones, clear photographic detail, sharp typography, and excellent overall display impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4902\" data-end=\"5058\"\u003eThere are only light signs of age and handling consistent with an original Japanese theatrical poster from this period. 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