{"product_id":"belle-de-jour-昼顔-original-re-release-japanese-movie-poster-1972-b2-size-51-73-cm-o477-copy","title":"“Belle de Jour” (昼顔), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1967, Catherine Deneuve \/ Luis Buñuel, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) S203","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical release poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, printed for the \u003cstrong\u003e1967 first Japanese cinema release\u003c\/strong\u003e of Luis Buñuel’s celebrated French-Italian masterpiece \u003cstrong\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/strong\u003e (昼顔), starring \u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel and Michel Piccoli\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film opened theatrically in Japan on \u003cstrong\u003e30 September 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e, distributed by \u003cstrong\u003eTowa\u003c\/strong\u003e, shortly after winning the \u003cstrong\u003eGolden Lion at the 1967 Venice International Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted by Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière from \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Kessel’s novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film follows Séverine Serizy, a wealthy young Parisian wife whose outwardly conventional marriage conceals an increasingly powerful inner world of fantasy and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Deneuve\u003c\/strong\u003e stars as Séverine, married to the handsome physician Pierre, played by \u003cstrong\u003eJean Sorel\u003c\/strong\u003e. Despite an apparently comfortable and affectionate life, Séverine is emotionally and physically distant from her husband and increasingly consumed by private fantasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter learning of a discreet Parisian brothel frequented by bourgeois women, she begins secretly working there during the afternoons under the name \u003cstrong\u003e“Belle de Jour”\u003c\/strong\u003e—literally the “beauty of the day.” Her carefully divided existence becomes increasingly unstable after she attracts the obsessive attention of the young gangster Marcel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuñuel continually blurs the boundaries between \u003cstrong\u003ereality, fantasy, memory and erotic imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e, refusing to tell the audience exactly where one ends and another begins. The result is one of the defining works of European cinema of the 1960s: elegant on the surface, but psychologically strange and deeply provocative underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeneuve was only in her early twenties when the film was made, and her extraordinarily controlled performance became one of the defining roles of her career. The film also stars \u003cstrong\u003eGeneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti and Francisco Rabal\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnificent example of \u003cstrong\u003e1960s Japanese European art-house film advertising\u003c\/strong\u003e, dominated by an enormous, almost dreamlike portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Deneuve\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer face occupies virtually the entire upper-right portion of the sheet, rendered in a soft \u003cstrong\u003esepia \/ pale rose photographic treatment\u003c\/strong\u003e that gives the image an ethereal, almost unreal quality. Behind her at upper left appears the face of \u003cstrong\u003eJean Sorel\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating an intimate double portrait whose overlapping scale immediately establishes the film’s psychological and romantic tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe restrained palette is exceptionally sophisticated. Rather than using bright commercial colours, the design relies on \u003cstrong\u003ecream, pale pink, muted brown and violet\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the entire sheet the feeling of a fashion photograph or high-end European magazine advertisement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the centre appears the beautiful Japanese title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e昼顔\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erendered in expressive \u003cstrong\u003edeep purple brush lettering\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the reading \u003cstrong\u003eひるがお\u003c\/strong\u003e printed discreetly alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the right, the original Japanese campaign copy reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「発禁の書に挑んで大胆に女体の神秘をえぐり出した巨匠ブニュエルの問題作！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— approximately:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Master Buñuel’s controversial work, boldly probing the mysteries of womanhood through a once-banned book!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wording is very much of its period: sensational enough to sell the film’s notoriety, but presented within an exceptionally elegant graphic design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately below, the poster proudly announces:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「1967年度ベネチア映画祭グランプリ受賞」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— identifying the film’s major \u003cstrong\u003e1967 Venice Film Festival victory\u003c\/strong\u003e, where \u003cem\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/em\u003e received the Golden Lion. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lower half presents Deneuve again, now reclining on a bed in a colour photographic image, gazing directly outward with her characteristic detached intensity. A smaller interior vignette behind her provides a glimpse of the film’s more private and ambiguous world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cast billing includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eカトリーヌ・ドヌーブ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eジャン・ソレル\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eミシェル・ピコリ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efollowed by:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e監督 ルイス・ブニュエル\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original \u003cstrong\u003eTOWA \/ 東和\u003c\/strong\u003e distribution logo sits prominently in the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of \u003cstrong\u003eoversized portraiture, restrained typography, violet calligraphy, substantial negative space and carefully controlled colour\u003c\/strong\u003e gives this poster a remarkably modern appearance even nearly six decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as one of \u003cstrong\u003eLuis Buñuel’s greatest films\u003c\/strong\u003e and one of the major works of 1960s European cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film’s brilliance lies partly in its refusal to explain Séverine psychologically. Buñuel moves effortlessly between her external life and private fantasies, leaving the audience uncertain which events are literal and which exist only within her imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts examination of \u003cstrong\u003edesire, repression, bourgeois respectability, marriage and fantasy\u003c\/strong\u003e was provocative in 1967, but the film’s cool visual style prevents it from ever becoming conventional melodrama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe film won the \u003cstrong\u003eGolden Lion at the 28th Venice International Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e, cementing both its international reputation and its place in Buñuel’s extraordinary late-career run of masterpieces. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Catherine Deneuve, the role of Séverine became one of her most enduring screen images and helped establish the poised, enigmatic persona that would define much of her international career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst-release significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an authentic poster from the film’s \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal 1967 Japanese theatrical campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a later revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapanese B2 posters for major European films of the \u003cstrong\u003e1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e survive in substantially smaller numbers than later material, particularly examples retaining strong paper quality and attractive presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of \u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Deneuve, Luis Buñuel, the Venice Golden Lion, Towa distribution and this exceptionally elegant Japan-only graphic treatment\u003c\/strong\u003e gives the poster particularly strong crossover appeal for collectors of classic European cinema, fashion imagery and vintage Japanese graphic design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is nearly \u003cstrong\u003e60 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very strong surviving example with \u003cstrong\u003ebeautifully preserved colour, excellent photographic detail and highly attractive overall presentation\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe delicate cream and sepia tones remain particularly pleasing, while the purple title retains excellent saturation. There is \u003cstrong\u003elight age-related handling and storage wear\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with \u003cstrong\u003eminor creasing and a few small short edge \/ upper-margin tears visible in the detailed photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e, all consistent with an original theatrical poster from 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse shows the expected light age toning and paper character but remains \u003cstrong\u003eclean overall\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImportantly, none of these minor age-related points detract materially from the principal portraits, title or overall design, and the poster retains exceptional wall presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce framed, it will display beautifully.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs carefully—they show the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a reproduction or reprint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57250779431290,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-09-10T055406.697.jpg?v=1788987387","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/belle-de-jour-%e6%98%bc%e9%a1%94-original-re-release-japanese-movie-poster-1972-b2-size-51-73-cm-o477-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}