{"product_id":"the-hired-hand-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1971-b2-size-51-x-73cm-f50-copy","title":"“The Hired Hand” (さすらいのカウボーイ), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1971, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA1100","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"515\" data-start=\"158\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese \u003cstrong data-end=\"211\" data-start=\"187\"\u003eB2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-end=\"231\" data-start=\"223\"\u003e1971\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first Japanese release of \u003cem data-end=\"282\" data-start=\"266\"\u003eThe Hired Hand\u003c\/em\u003e, the elegiac revisionist western directed by and starring \u003cstrong data-end=\"356\" data-start=\"341\"\u003ePeter Fonda\u003c\/strong\u003e. Also starring \u003cstrong data-end=\"388\" data-start=\"372\"\u003eWarren Oates\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"408\" data-start=\"393\"\u003eVerna Bloom\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film is now regarded as one of the most distinctive and lyrical American westerns of the early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"536\" data-start=\"517\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"536\" data-start=\"517\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1115\" data-start=\"538\"\u003eReleased in 1971, \u003cem data-end=\"572\" data-start=\"556\"\u003eThe Hired Hand\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the great period of the revisionist western, when the genre became more introspective, melancholy, and visually experimental. Peter Fonda plays Harry Collings, a drifting cowboy who returns to the wife and child he abandoned years earlier, only to find that the dream of home and the pull of the frontier cannot easily be reconciled. Warren Oates, one of the essential faces of 1970s American cinema, gives the film additional depth and gravitas, while Verna Bloom brings unusual emotional weight to the domestic side of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1443\" data-start=\"1117\"\u003eWhat makes the film especially admired today is its mood: quiet, haunted, and deeply reflective. With its dreamlike editing, luminous photography, and anti-mythic treatment of western masculinity, it stands apart from more conventional frontier pictures and has become a cult favourite among serious collectors and cinephiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1462\" data-start=\"1445\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1462\" data-start=\"1445\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1929\" data-start=\"1464\"\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong data-end=\"1507\" data-start=\"1474\"\u003esuperb and highly atmospheric\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese design. The composition is dominated by a large portrait of Peter Fonda against an immense glowing sun, set within a vast red-orange sky. Below, a lone mounted rider crosses the horizon in silhouette, reinforcing the film’s themes of wandering, isolation, and the fading western frontier. The bold blue Japanese title creates a striking contrast against the warm sky, giving the poster exceptional wall presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2283\" data-start=\"1931\"\u003eJapanese posters for imported westerns often possess a graphic elegance quite different from their American counterparts, and this is a particularly strong example. Rather than emphasising action, it captures the film’s mood of distance, regret, and mythic loneliness. The result is both visually beautiful and entirely in keeping with the film itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2298\" data-start=\"2285\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2298\" data-start=\"2285\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2643\" data-start=\"2300\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2388\" data-start=\"2300\"\u003eExcellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2673\" data-start=\"2645\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-end=\"2672\" data-start=\"2651\"\u003eover 55 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2717\" data-start=\"2675\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-end=\"2716\" data-start=\"2681\"\u003enot a reproduction or a reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2760\" data-start=\"2719\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2760\" data-start=\"2719\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56836814274938,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-04-25T070535.033.jpg?v=1777068350","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/the-hired-hand-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1971-b2-size-51-x-73cm-f50-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}