“Gentleman’s Agreement” / “Shinshi Kyōtei” (紳士協定), Original Japanese Theatrical Release Movie Poster 1987, Elia Kazan / Gregory Peck, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) C277

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1987 for the Japanese theatrical release of Gentleman’s Agreement (紳士協定), Elia Kazan’s landmark 1947 American drama starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, and Celeste Holm.

Although the film was produced in Hollywood in 1947, this poster belongs to the film’s 1987 Japanese theatrical presentation, released by Toho-Towa / Towa Promotion. It is a refined and historically resonant Japanese design for one of the most important social-issue dramas of post-war American cinema.

Film background
Directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, Gentleman’s Agreement follows journalist Philip Schuyler Green, played by Gregory Peck, who pretends to be Jewish in order to investigate antisemitism in American society. The film examines prejudice not through overt violence, but through social exclusion, polite hypocrisy, professional barriers, and the silent complicity of respectable society.

The film was a major critical success and won three Academy Awards at the 20th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director for Elia Kazan, and Best Supporting Actress for Celeste Holm. It remains a key Hollywood work of the 1940s and an important example of studio-era cinema addressing social intolerance directly.

Poster design
This Japanese B2 uses an elegant editorial layout on a textured pale ground. The design is anchored by the enormous vertical burgundy title 紳士協定, running down the left side with remarkable graphic authority.

At the centre are two black-and-white production stills. The upper image shows Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire in a tense, intimate restaurant scene; the lower image shows a confrontation in an upscale dining room, reinforcing the film’s central themes of social pressure, exclusion, and moral testing.

At the top, three Oscar statuettes announce:

「第20回アメリカ・アカデミー賞3部門受賞」
“Winner of three awards at the 20th Academy Awards.”

The listed awards are Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress. Additional text notes further honours from the New York Film Critics Circle and Golden Globe Awards.

The right-side vertical slogan reads:

「いま、答えてほしい！あなたも“紳士協定”に組する人なのか――」
“Answer now: are you also someone who takes part in a ‘gentleman’s agreement’?”

This gives the poster unusual moral directness, turning the film’s subject into a direct challenge to the viewer.

A printed commentary by famed Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa appears at left, while the lower section includes the English title Gentleman’s Agreement, the TOWA distribution mark, and the designer credit DESIGN M. OGASAWARA.

Condition
Excellent condition. Please review the photo carefully, as it shows the exact poster for sale.

The poster presents beautifully, with clean paper, strong black-and-white photographic imagery, elegant typography, and excellent overall display impact. Minor signs of age and handling may be visible, consistent with an original Japanese theatrical poster of this period.

This is an original 1987 Japanese theatrical B2 poster.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

It is over 35 years old.

Certificate of Authenticity included.