CHALLENGE 1982 Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune BRIAN BYSOUTH UK QUAD POSTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1982 John Frankenheimer Thriller THE CHALLENGE, written by John Sayles and starring Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Calvin Jung and Clyde Kusatsu.

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

Poster art by Brian Bysouth.
Brian Bysouth was born in London in 1936 and attended Willesden Art School as a junior. He joined Downtons agency in the late 1950s where his first accepted film art was for “Tiger Bay”. Apart from a short break with another agency he stayed with Downtons until 1973 when he went freelance. In 1983 he joined Feref Associates where he stayed till his retirement in 2002. In his 40 odd year career he has produced some of the most iconic film posters, from the initial “Tiger Bay” to “Cromwell”, “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad”, “The Island at the Top of the World”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Big Trouble in Little China”, “The Bounty” and “The Emerald Forest”.

The posters is in very good folded with minor wear along left edge.