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Contents of Sale: 1x Vintage 1970s Every Which Way But Loose original Japanese B5 size promotional movie poster. 1x Vintage 1970s The Gauntlet original Japanese B5 size promotional movie poster. Product Condition: Both posters are mint condition - no perceptible flaws of any kind, unfolded. Product Information: These are original vintage movie flyers (Chirashi) from Japan - NOT reprints. Size - ISO B5 18.2 x 25.7cm / 7.2 x 10.1in Chirashi are mini-posters/flyers used to advertise movies in Japan. Due to the fact they are only available from movie theatres while the movie is showing, they are collectible movie memorabilia and rise in value based on age and scarcity. Movie flyers are usually a single sheet and printed on both sides. What's unique about Japanese movie flyers is that much of the artwork is custom created for the Japanese market, with a distinctive Japanese design. The Japanese poster will often look quite different to the artwork available in other countries. Movie Information: Every Which Way But Loose is a 1978 American action comedy film starring Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his brother/manager, Orville, and his pet orangutan, Clyde. In the process, Philo manages to cross a motley assortment of characters, including a pair of police officers and an entire motorcycle gang (the Black Widows of Pacoima), who end up pursuing him for revenge. The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.