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It is a refined and historically resonant Japanese design for one of the most important social-issue dramas of post-war American cinema.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilm background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirected by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElia Kazan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and produced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarryl F. Zanuck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGentleman’s Agreement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows journalist Philip Schuyler Green, played by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGregory Peck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe film was a major critical success and won \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethree Academy Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the 20th Academy Awards: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Picture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Director\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for Elia Kazan, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Supporting Actress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCeleste Holm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It remains a key Hollywood work of the 1940s and an important example of studio-era cinema addressing social intolerance directly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoster design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Japanese B2 uses an elegant editorial layout on a textured pale ground. The design is anchored by the enormous vertical burgundy title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e紳士協定\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, running down the left side with remarkable graphic authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the centre are two black-and-white production stills. 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Additional text notes further honours from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Film Critics Circle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGolden Globe Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe right-side vertical slogan reads:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「いま、答えてほしい！あなたも“紳士協定”に組する人なのか――」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Answer now: are you also someone who takes part in a ‘gentleman’s agreement’?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis gives the poster unusual moral directness, turning the film’s subject into a direct challenge to the viewer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA printed commentary by famed Japanese film critic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNagaharu Yodogawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e appears at left, while the lower section includes the English title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGentleman’s Agreement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTOWA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e distribution mark, and the designer credit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDESIGN M. 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