The 400 Blows

A Japanese B5 double-sided movie flyer issued in 1989 for a screening of François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups, 1959). Its painted front design and cinema-specific reverse distinguish this Japanese screening flyer from materials associated with the film’s original French release.

The front centres a painted portrait of a boy with folded arms and a dark sweater pulled up over his mouth, set against a mottled green and ochre ground. Large Japanese title characters run down the left side; the French title and a reference to the 1959 Cannes festival occupy the upper right.

The reverse switches to densely arranged Japanese text, blue-toned film stills and credits. A red notice at the foot names Umeda Koma Silver (梅田コマシルバー) and advertises advance tickets, connecting this copy to a particular Osaka cinema.

Issued for Japanese circulation in 1989, this paper belongs to a later screening context for Truffaut's 1959 film, rather than its original French release.

• Film: The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups, 1959)
• Director: François Truffaut
• Country: France
• Japanese title: 大人は判ってくれない
• Object: Japanese movie flyer
• Flyer issue year: 1989
• Format: B5, portrait; approximately 182 × 257 mm (nominal size, not individually measured)
• Printing: Double-sided; multicolour illustrated front, predominantly blue reverse with red cinema advertisement
• Language: Japanese and French
• Quantity: One physical flyer, shown from both sides with an additional detail photograph

A handwritten date reading “’90.4.22” is visible at the bottom of the reverse, beneath the red cinema advertisement. Please refer to the photographs for other visible details. No formal condition grade has been confirmed.