{"product_id":"pastoral-to-die-in-the-country-田園に死す-original-japanese-atg-movie-poster-1974-b2-size-c-51-5-72-8-cm-za1245","title":"“Pastoral: To Die in the Country” (田園に死す), Original Japanese ATG Movie Poster 1974, B2 Size (c. 51.5 × 72.8 cm) ZA1245","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original Japanese B2 poster for the first theatrical release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShūji Terayama’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePastoral: To Die in the Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, released by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Theatre Guild (ATG)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in Japan on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 December 1974\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeikichi Harata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e designed the photomontage, with the sweeping yellow title lettering by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiyoshi Awazu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Excellent condition for its age. The colours remain vivid, and the fine red verse printed across the schoolboy’s black uniform is clear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilm background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTerayama drew on his own collection of short poems to tell the story of a boy growing up with his widowed mother near \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMount Osore in Aomori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A travelling circus arrives, and the boy dreams of leaving the village with the young woman who lives next door. Midway through the film, the adult filmmaker meets his younger self and begins to question the childhood he has put on screen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHiroyuki Takano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays the boy pictured on the poster, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKantarō Suga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays his adult self. The film screened in competition at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1975 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoster design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRailway tracks converge behind Takano’s head beneath a pointing hand. Circus performers flank him on the left, while a woman in a red kimono carries a baby on the right. Along the lower edge, Harata places a horn gramophone and a woman reclining in a wicker chair against a stretch of open seashore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe French title, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCache-cache pastoral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, appears in a yellow panel at the upper left. Awazu’s Japanese lettering runs down the red right-hand border, with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eATG logo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e among the credits below. Beside the title is the boy’s appeal to his mother:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e「原体験からの忘却の旅が人生ならば　手をはなしてよ、母さん！」\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“If life is a journey of forgetting what first shaped us, let go of my hand, Mother!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent overall for its age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The red right-hand border shows minor edge wear and a short tear near the lower-right corner. 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