{"product_id":"cape-of-the-north-北の岬-original-first-release-japanese-movie-poster-1976-b2-size-51-73-cm-za706","title":"“Cape of the North” \/ 「北の岬」, Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1976, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA706","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"416\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"185\"\u003e1976\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"232\"\u003eCape of the North\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「北の岬」, known internationally by its French title \u003cstrong data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"302\"\u003eLe Cap du Nord\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Jade is shown in a black-and-white nun’s habit, her expression caught between tenderness, longing, and resignation. The snowy setting reinforces the emotional chill and melancholy suggested by the title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1866\" data-end=\"2155\"\u003eThe lower section is clean and restrained, with the French title \u003cstrong data-start=\"1931\" data-end=\"1949\"\u003eLE CAP DU NORD\u003c\/strong\u003e printed at left above a short French text passage. 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