{"product_id":"jules-and-jim-jules-et-jim-突然炎のごとく-original-japanese-theatrical-revival-movie-poster-1985-francois-truffaut-jeanne-moreau-b2-size-51-73-cm-copy","title":"“The Leopard” (山猫 \/ Il Gattopardo), Original Japanese Complete-Version Re-Release Movie Poster 1981 (film 1963), B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) M100","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster produced for the \u003cstrong\u003e1981 Japanese theatrical revival of Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eIl Gattopardo\u003c\/em\u003e \/ 山猫), starring \u003cstrong\u003eBurt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale\u003c\/strong\u003e. The film was produced in \u003cstrong\u003e1963\u003c\/strong\u003e and initially released in Japan on \u003cstrong\u003e18 January 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e in a substantially shortened English-language version. This poster belongs to the important \u003cstrong\u003eDecember 1981 Japanese re-release of Visconti’s Italian-language original complete version\u003c\/strong\u003e, distributed by \u003cstrong\u003eToho-Towa\u003c\/strong\u003e and explicitly advertised on the sheet as \u003cstrong\u003eオリジナル完全版 — “Original Complete Version.”\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted from \u003cstrong\u003eGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s celebrated novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e is set during the upheavals of the \u003cstrong\u003eRisorgimento and the unification of Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Burt Lancaster plays Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, a Sicilian aristocrat who recognises that the social order which has sustained his family for generations is disappearing. His charismatic nephew \u003cstrong\u003eTancredi\u003c\/strong\u003e, played by Alain Delon, embraces the changing political landscape and falls in love with \u003cstrong\u003eAngelica\u003c\/strong\u003e, played by Claudia Cardinale, the beautiful daughter of the newly wealthy bourgeois Don Calogero. The film won the \u003cstrong\u003ePalme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains one of the great achievements of European historical cinema. \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\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent Japan-specific revival design celebrating the film’s extraordinary \u003cstrong\u003evisual opulence and aristocratic world\u003c\/strong\u003e. The upper half uses a sophisticated grey ground with three oval photographic portraits: \u003cstrong\u003eBurt Lancaster as the Prince of Salina\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAlain Delon as Tancredi\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Cardinale as Angelica\u003c\/strong\u003e, presented in sumptuous period interiors and costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe enormous pink Japanese title \u003cstrong\u003e山猫\u003c\/strong\u003e dominates the centre, while the original Italian title \u003cstrong\u003eIL GATTOPARDO\u003c\/strong\u003e appears at upper left. Alongside it, the poster prominently announces \u003cstrong\u003e「1963年 カンヌ映画祭グランプリ　オリジナル完全版　ルキノ・ヴィスコンティ監督作品」\u003c\/strong\u003e, celebrating the film’s Cannes triumph and, crucially, identifying this campaign as the \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal complete-version revival\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lower half is given over almost entirely to the film’s legendary \u003cstrong\u003eballroom sequence\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most celebrated extended set pieces in cinema history. \u003cstrong\u003eLancaster and Cardinale dance beneath immense chandeliers\u003c\/strong\u003e, surrounded by an elaborately dressed aristocratic society whose splendour is inseparable from its impending decline. The image perfectly embodies the film’s central theme: a social class glowing at its most magnificent at precisely the moment it begins to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vertical Japanese copy on the right reinforces this idea, describing the film as a \u003cstrong\u003egrand epic by a master filmmaker depicting, with cool and penetrating observation, the magnificent twilight of aristocratic society against a land in upheaval\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is therefore \u003cstrong\u003enot the shortened 1964 Japanese first-release poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, but the highly desirable \u003cstrong\u003e1981 Japanese “Original Complete Version” theatrical revival poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, created when Japanese audiences were finally given the opportunity to see Visconti’s fuller Italian-language version. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is over \u003cstrong\u003e44 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent\u003c\/strong\u003e. The poster retains superb colour and presentation, with the rich ballroom photography, vivid pink title and elegant grey upper field remaining exceptionally attractive. There are only very minor signs of age and handling, with \u003cstrong\u003eno significant condition issues affecting the central artwork or typography\u003c\/strong\u003e. Please review the photo carefully—it shows the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a reproduction or a reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57221415797114,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-09-02T144411.680.jpg?v=1788327865","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/jules-and-jim-jules-et-jim-%e7%aa%81%e7%84%b6%e7%82%8e%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e3%81%a8%e3%81%8f-original-japanese-theatrical-revival-movie-poster-1985-francois-truffaut-jeanne-moreau-b2-size-51-73-cm-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}