“Sundays and Cybèle” (シベールの日曜日), Original Japanese First Release Movie Poster 1963, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA811

This is an original Japanese B2 poster issued in Japan for the first domestic theatrical release in 1963 of Sundays and Cybèle (シベールの日曜日), Serge Bourguignon’s acclaimed French drama starring Hardy Krüger, Patricia Gozzi, and Nicole Courcel. The poster highlights the film’s major international honours, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and recognition at the Venice Film Festival, underscoring its reputation as one of the defining European art films of its era.

Film background
Sundays and Cybèle is a poignant, atmospheric story of loneliness and healing, centred on a traumatised former fighter pilot and a young girl who form an intense, fragile friendship. Quietly devastating and beautifully controlled, the film belongs to that early-1960s wave of European cinema that married poetic realism with psychological depth—serious, adult storytelling that resonated strongly with international festival audiences.

Poster design
A striking, graphic Japanese design built around negative space and emotion rather than spectacle. The large handwritten-style red title 「シベールの日曜日」 dominates the upper half, set against a muted olive field, while the lower image fades into a misty, dreamlike embrace—suggesting intimacy, memory, and melancholy. The right-side laurels and Oscar iconography give the sheet a prestige “award winner” framing, and the typography balance (Japanese title, French title elements, and award notes) feels very much of its era: refined, minimal, and serious.

Condition
Condition
Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale.

It is over 62 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint. Certificate of Authenticity included.