{"product_id":"tomi-meets-bunta-菅原文太-暴力の世界-original-japanese-promotional-poster-insert-for-the-battles-without-honor-and-humanity-pamphlet-1974-b2-size-51-73-cm","title":"“TOMI meets BUNTA” (「菅原文太・暴力の世界」), Original Japanese Promotional Poster Insert for the Battles Without Honor and Humanity Pamphlet, 1974, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P274","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"9b3bee8c-2293-43fe-bc59-4318d7c2c9f5\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-18\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"91db8d43-1341-466e-8b3e-9aa30d40b2ce\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"852\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese B2 promotional poster featuring the legendary actor \u003cstrong data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"261\"\u003eBunta Sugawara\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued as the accompanying poster to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"332\"\u003eonly theatrical pamphlet\u003c\/strong\u003e produced for \u003cstrong data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"384\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"406\"\u003eJingi naki tatakai\u003c\/em\u003e). According to the accompanying Japanese note, this pamphlet was sold at the time of the release of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"554\"\u003efourth film in the series, Top Strategy\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"564\"\u003e頂上作戦\u003c\/strong\u003e), and covered the \u003cstrong data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"613\"\u003efirst through fourth films\u003c\/strong\u003e in the cycle. This example is the poster that originally came with that pamphlet, making it a particularly desirable and unusually specific piece of \u003cstrong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"799\"\u003eseries-related original ephemera\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than a standard standalone cinema one-sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"1334\"\u003eThe bold upper text \u003cstrong data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"894\"\u003eTOMI meets BUNTA\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies a collaboration between Sugawara and the renowned photographer \u003cstrong data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"987\"\u003eHaruo Tomiyama\u003c\/strong\u003e (“Tomi”), while the smaller Japanese copy frames the image as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1066\"\u003e「菅原文太・暴力の世界」\u003c\/strong\u003e—“\u003cstrong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1109\"\u003eBunta Sugawara: The World of Violence\u003c\/strong\u003e.” The image captures Sugawara in the persona most closely associated with his screen legend: the world of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1254\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e, the defining yakuza cycle that transformed Japanese crime cinema in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1926\"\u003eFilm background\u003cbr data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003eFew actors are as inseparable from a whole cinematic movement as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1437\"\u003eBunta Sugawara\u003c\/strong\u003e is from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1468\"\u003ejitsuroku eiga\u003c\/strong\u003e (“actual record film”) cycle. In \u003cstrong data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1540\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e, directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1572\"\u003eKinji Fukasaku\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sugawara helped redefine the yakuza genre by replacing the older romantic image of gangster honour with a far harsher, more chaotic, documentary-like vision of post-war violence, survival, and betrayal. The series became one of the key achievements of 1970s Japanese popular cinema, and Sugawara emerged from it as one of Japan’s greatest action icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"2325\"\u003eWhat makes this piece especially interesting is that it is tied not just to one film, but to the broader first phase of the series. The pamphlet with which it was issued reportedly covered \u003cstrong data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2143\"\u003efilms one through four\u003c\/strong\u003e, and this poster therefore functions almost as a distilled emblem of the whole \u003cem data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2243\"\u003eJingi naki tatakai\u003c\/em\u003e phenomenon at the point when the fourth film, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2306\"\u003eTop Strategy\u003c\/strong\u003e, reached theatres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2327\" data-end=\"2974\"\u003ePoster design\u003cbr data-start=\"2340\" data-end=\"2343\"\u003eA superb and highly displayable design built around \u003cstrong data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2422\"\u003eone unforgettable image\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sugawara, bare-chested and tattooed, standing waist-deep in dark water with a sword in hand. The photograph has enormous force—part portrait, part myth, part pure star construction. The upper band with \u003cstrong data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2646\"\u003eTOMI meets BUNTA\u003c\/strong\u003e gives it the feel of an artist collaboration or gallery-style promotional sheet rather than a conventional commercial poster, while the reference to \u003cstrong data-start=\"2796\" data-end=\"2823\"\u003e“The World of Violence”\u003c\/strong\u003e perfectly captures the atmosphere Sugawara embodied on screen. It is a striking, minimal, and unusually sophisticated piece of Japanese film ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2976\" data-end=\"3551\"\u003eRarity and significance\u003cbr data-start=\"2999\" data-end=\"3002\"\u003eThis is not just a generic Bunta Sugawara image. It is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3061\" data-end=\"3112\"\u003eposter insert from the sole theatrical pamphlet\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3155\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e, sold during the release of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3188\" data-end=\"3204\"\u003efourth entry\u003c\/strong\u003e in the series. Because pamphlet inserts of this kind were often separated, lost, or discarded, surviving examples are hard to find. That makes this a particularly appealing item for collectors of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3438\" data-end=\"3456\"\u003eBunta Sugawara\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3476\"\u003eKinji Fukasaku\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"3478\" data-end=\"3495\"\u003eyakuza cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3505\" data-end=\"3543\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3553\" data-end=\"3817\"\u003eCondition\u003cbr data-start=\"3562\" data-end=\"3565\"\u003eExcellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3819\" data-end=\"3924\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIt is over 50 years old!\u003cbr data-start=\"3843\" data-end=\"3846\"\u003eIt is not a reproduction or a reprint.\u003cbr data-start=\"3884\" data-end=\"3887\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56754139988346,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-03-30T165121.467.jpg?v=1774858201","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/tomi-meets-bunta-%e8%8f%85%e5%8e%9f%e6%96%87%e5%a4%aa-%e6%9a%b4%e5%8a%9b%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c-original-japanese-promotional-poster-insert-for-the-battles-without-honor-and-humanity-pamphlet-1974-b2-size-51-73-cm","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}