{"product_id":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-続-夕陽のガンマン-地獄の決斗-original-japanese-first-release-double-sided-press-sheet-poster-1967-b3-size-36-51-cm-c222a","title":"“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” \/ 「続・夕陽のガンマン／地獄の決斗」, Original Japanese First-Release Double-Sided Press Sheet Poster 1967, B3 Size (36 × 51 cm) C222A","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"329\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese \u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"219\"\u003edouble-sided B3 theatrical press sheet poster\u003c\/strong\u003e produced for the first Japanese release of Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly \/ 「続・夕陽のガンマン／地獄の決斗」.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"578\"\u003eThe film was produced and first released internationally in \u003cstrong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"399\"\u003e1966\u003c\/strong\u003e, but opened theatrically in Japan on \u003cstrong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"457\"\u003e23 December 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eUnlike a conventional one-sided poster, this unusual promotional format combines a dramatic \u003cstrong data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"714\"\u003efull-colour poster design on the front\u003c\/strong\u003e with an extensive monochrome press-information layout on the reverse. The back includes the story, production credits, cast profiles, commentary, music notes and a detailed feature on the firearms used in the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"950\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1133\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"980\"\u003eSergio Leone\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the concluding film in the celebrated \u003cstrong data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1073\"\u003eDollars Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e, following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003eAlthough the Japanese title begins with:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1184\"\u003e「続」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1632\"\u003emeaning \u003cstrong data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1212\"\u003e“continuation”\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1229\"\u003e“sequel,”\u003c\/strong\u003e the film is not a conventional direct narrative continuation of For a Few Dollars More. The Japanese title was devised to connect it commercially with the previous Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone Western, released locally as 「夕陽のガンマン」. The three films are linked principally through their star, director, visual language and recurring “Man with No Name” mythology. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1634\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003eSet during the American Civil War, the film follows three ruthless and mutually distrustful gunmen searching for a fortune in stolen Confederate gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"2023\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"1797\"\u003eBlondie\u003c\/strong\u003e, a laconic gunslinger, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"1833\"\u003eTuco\u003c\/strong\u003e, an excitable Mexican outlaw, operate a fraudulent bounty scheme. Blondie repeatedly captures Tuco, collects the reward and then shoots through the hanging rope before Tuco can be executed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2025\" data-end=\"2209\"\u003eTheir volatile partnership collapses, but the two are forced together again when each learns a different part of the secret concerning \u003cstrong data-start=\"2160\" data-end=\"2208\"\u003e$200,000 in gold buried in Sad Hill Cemetery\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2349\"\u003eBlondie knows the name written on the grave, while Tuco knows the location of the cemetery. Neither can claim the money without the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2654\"\u003eThey are pursued by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2371\" data-end=\"2385\"\u003eAngel Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e, a merciless professional killer who has also learned of the missing gold. Their journey takes them across a landscape devastated by war, through prison camps, artillery battles and ruined towns, culminating in the film’s legendary three-way confrontation at Sad Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3336\" data-end=\"3663\"\u003eLeone’s extreme close-ups, vast landscape compositions and carefully extended confrontations are accompanied by one of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3455\" data-end=\"3501\"\u003eEnnio Morricone’s most recognisable scores\u003c\/strong\u003e. Its whistling main theme became inseparable from the film and from the international popular image of the Italian Western. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3665\" data-end=\"3687\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4288\" data-end=\"4311\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4288\" data-end=\"4311\"\u003eFront poster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4313\" data-end=\"4462\"\u003eThe front is dominated by an enormous close-up of \u003cstrong data-start=\"4363\" data-end=\"4392\"\u003eClint Eastwood as Blondie\u003c\/strong\u003e, squinting beneath his black hat with a cigar held between his teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4464\" data-end=\"4698\"\u003eA large revolver rises diagonally across his face, transforming the firearm into the central structural element of the composition. The weapon divides the poster while linking Eastwood’s portrait to the smaller images surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4700\" data-end=\"4938\"\u003eAt the centre, \u003cstrong data-start=\"4715\" data-end=\"4738\"\u003eEli Wallach as Tuco\u003c\/strong\u003e appears inside a rectangular portrait encircled by a hanging noose. This darkly comic image directly references the fraudulent executions staged by Tuco and Blondie during the film’s opening section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4940\" data-end=\"5183\"\u003eOn the right, \u003cstrong data-start=\"4954\" data-end=\"4985\"\u003eLee Van Cleef as Angel Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e stands dressed in black with his hand resting beside his holstered revolver. His controlled, formal pose contrasts with Eastwood’s weathered face and Wallach’s precarious position inside the noose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5185\" data-end=\"5418\"\u003eBehind the three central figures is the desolate expanse of \u003cstrong data-start=\"5245\" data-end=\"5266\"\u003eSad Hill Cemetery\u003c\/strong\u003e, rendered beneath an intense orange-red sky. A solitary gunman stands among the graves while a monumental silhouetted hand reaches downward from above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5420\" data-end=\"5653\"\u003eAdditional narrative fragments include fleeing figures, armed riders, a frontier town and a stagecoach. 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data-end=\"7439\"\u003e“Cast”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7441\" data-end=\"7496\"\u003eThe right-hand section contains individual profiles of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7498\" data-end=\"7516\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7498\" data-end=\"7516\"\u003eClint Eastwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7518\" data-end=\"7533\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7518\" data-end=\"7533\"\u003eEli Wallach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7535\" data-end=\"7552\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7535\" data-end=\"7552\"\u003eLee Van Cleef\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7554\" data-end=\"7570\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7554\" data-end=\"7570\"\u003eSergio Leone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7572\" data-end=\"7592\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7572\" data-end=\"7592\"\u003eAlberto Grimaldi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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