A Better Tomorrow

A Japanese B5 movie flyer issued in 1987 for the initial Japanese theatrical release of A Better Tomorrow, John Woo's 1986 Hong Kong action film starring Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, and Leslie Cheung.

The film dates to 1986; this particular promotional flyer was issued in 1987 for its Japanese release under the title 男たちの挽歌.

This 1987 Nippon Herald edition uses the three-actor black-background design. Oversized white Japanese lettering dominates the top, with the red slogan 「生きろ、死に急ぐな。」 beneath it. Portraits of Leslie Cheung, Ti Lung, and Chow Yun-fat overlap a nighttime Hong Kong skyline, crossed by a diagonally positioned firearm. Each actor is identified in handwritten-style lettering.

The reverse replaces the dramatic montage with dense Japanese text, burgundy typographic blocks, a printed Hong Kong box-office No. 1 claim, production credits, and a monochrome cast photograph. Nippon Herald is credited as the Japanese distributor.

This is the black-background Herald design, not the separate flame-themed version. Its reverse carries no specific venue imprint, marking it as a national release rather than a local-theatre-back edition. It is a B5 promotional flyer, not a B2 theatre-lobby poster, and concerns the original A Better Tomorrow, not its sequel.

• Film: A Better Tomorrow (1986)
• Director: John Woo
• Lead cast: Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung
• Country: Hong Kong
• Japanese title: 男たちの挽歌
• Object: Japanese theatrical movie flyer
• Flyer issue year: 1987
• Format: B5, portrait, single sheet
• Printing: Double-sided
• Language: Japanese, with English names and title
• Japanese distributor: Nippon Herald (日本ヘラルド映画)
• Quantity: One flyer; photographs A and B show its two sides, while C is a handheld detail of the same front

Please refer to the photographs for the item's visible condition. No formal condition grade or specific wear assessment has been confirmed. Photograph C contains strong light reflection, which should not be taken as evidence of a particular paper finish or surface defect.