{"product_id":"heaven-s-gate-天国の門-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1981-michael-cimino-complete-version-完全版-b2-size-51-73-cm-d288","title":"“Heaven’s Gate” \/ 「天国の門」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1981, Michael Cimino, Complete Version \/ 「完全版」, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D288","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"286\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"193\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"215\"\u003eHeaven’s Gate\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「天国の門」, printed for the film’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"285\"\u003e1981 Japanese theatrical release\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"759\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"318\"\u003eMichael Cimino\u003c\/strong\u003e, Heaven’s Gate remains one of the most ambitious, controversial, and visually extraordinary American films of the late 20th century. This Japanese poster is especially desirable because it promotes the film as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"561\"\u003e「完全版」 \/ Complete Version\u003c\/strong\u003e, with striking Japanese release copy announcing the long-awaited presentation of the full version of a film that had already become one of the most discussed productions in American cinema history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"780\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"783\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eMichael Cimino\u003c\/strong\u003e after his Academy Award-winning success with \u003cstrong data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"878\"\u003eThe Deer Hunter\u003c\/strong\u003e, Heaven’s Gate is a vast American epic Western centred on class conflict, immigration, violence, and power in late-19th-century Wyoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1409\"\u003eThe film stars \u003cstrong data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003eKris Kristofferson\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1078\"\u003eChristopher Walken\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1100\"\u003eIsabelle Huppert\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1115\"\u003eJohn Hurt\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1134\"\u003eSam Waterston\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1151\"\u003eBrad Dourif\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1173\"\u003eJeff Bridges\u003c\/strong\u003e. Its enormous scale, elaborate period reconstruction, and troubled production made it infamous at the time of release, severely damaging Cimino’s career and contributing to the collapse of United Artists as an independent studio force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1722\"\u003eIn later decades, however, Heaven’s Gate has undergone a major critical reappraisal. The restored longer versions have led many critics and film historians to reassess it as a visually magnificent, misunderstood work — a poetic, mournful epic about America, myth, capital, violence, and the end of the frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1870\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1744\"\u003eThis Japanese B2 poster has a warm, romantic, and painterly design, dominated by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003esepia, gold, cream, and soft amber tones\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"2181\"\u003eThe upper half features two enormous, softly rendered portraits: a bearded man leaning down toward a woman whose eyes are closed, creating a dreamlike, intimate image of desire, memory, and tragedy. Beneath them stands a smaller full-body figure in a white suit and fedora, framed by large five-pointed stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2183\" data-end=\"2376\"\u003eThe title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2193\" data-end=\"2203\"\u003e「天国の門」\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in bold black Japanese calligraphy across the lower centre, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2293\"\u003e「マイケル・チミノ監督」\u003c\/strong\u003e printed above and a green \u003cstrong data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2329\"\u003e「完全版」\u003c\/strong\u003e box to the right. The poster’s top copy reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2521\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2412\"\u003e「アメリカ映画史を揺り動かした問題作の《完全版》遂に公開！」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2412\" data-end=\"2415\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2415\" data-end=\"2521\"\u003e“The complete version of the controversial work that shook American film history is finally released!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2523\" data-end=\"2806\"\u003eAt the bottom, a panoramic Western landscape stretches across the sheet: riders, wagons, mountains, and a steam train create a sweeping sense of 19th-century American scale. This lower frieze beautifully balances the romantic upper imagery with the historical epic world of the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2808\" data-end=\"2979\"\u003eThe overall design is elegant, atmospheric, and unusually sophisticated — closer to a prestige literary or historical epic poster than a conventional Western action sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3175\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3007\"\u003eRelease identification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3007\" data-end=\"3010\"\u003eThis poster should be catalogued as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3096\"\u003e1981 Japanese theatrical release B2 poster\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"3101\" data-end=\"3118\"\u003eHeaven’s Gate\u003c\/strong\u003e, promoting the film as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3174\"\u003eComplete Version \/ 「完全版」\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3177\" data-end=\"3346\"\u003eThe Japanese campaign foregrounded the film’s notoriety and scale, presenting it as a major cinematic event by the Academy Award-winning director of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3326\" data-end=\"3345\"\u003eThe Deer Hunter\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3348\" data-end=\"3467\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3348\" data-end=\"3361\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3361\" data-end=\"3364\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3364\" data-end=\"3388\"\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Please review the photograph carefully, as it shows the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3469\" data-end=\"3779\"\u003eThe poster presents beautifully, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"3507\" data-end=\"3615\"\u003ewarm colour, soft painted imagery, clean Japanese title typography, and excellent overall display impact\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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