“Belle de Jour” (昼顔), Original Re-Release Japanese Movie Poster 1972, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O477

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed for the 1972 Japanese re-release of Belle de Jour (1967), Luis Buñuel’s coolly transgressive masterpiece starring Catherine Deneuve with Jean Sorel and Michel Piccoli. Adapted from Joseph Kessel’s novel, the film follows Séverine, a bourgeois wife who explores daytime prostitution—an icy, elegant provocation that won the Golden Lion at Venice and helped cement Buñuel’s late-career legend.

Design

A striking, fashion-editorial profile of Deneuve dominates the sheet—blonde hair under a black cloche, eyes rimmed in dramatic liner—set against a muted interior. Vertical teal copy on the right adds lyrical Japanese taglines, while a soft monochrome still of Deneuve on a bed overlays her coat, echoing Séverine’s double life. The bottom band carries the bold, calligraphic title 「昼顔」 in violet with the French logotype and cast/credit line; at lower right, a tender embrace of Deneuve and Sorel supplies the poster’s emotional anchor. Eirin approval mark present.

Film notes / significance

With Buñuel’s characteristic blend of eroticism, satire, and dream logic, Belle de Jour became a touchstone of 1960s cinema and a defining role for Deneuve—cool, immaculate, and unreadable. Japanese audiences embraced the film’s chic modernism; this 1972 re-issue campaign refreshed the imagery around Deneuve’s star power and the novel’s themes of desire and respectability.

Condition

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

This poster is an original Japanese theatrical B2 from the 1972 re-release campaign.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
It is over 53 years old!
Certificate of Authenticity included.