{"product_id":"platoon-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1987-b2-size-51-x-73cm-i43-copy","title":"“Platoon” \/ 「プラトーン」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1987, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA531","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"338\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"143\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the \u003cstrong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"185\"\u003e1987 Japanese release\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"200\"\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「プラトーン」, Oliver Stone’s landmark Vietnam War drama starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"280\"\u003eCharlie Sheen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"298\"\u003eWillem Dafoe\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"316\"\u003eTom Berenger\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eKeith David\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"631\"\u003eOne of the defining American war films of the 1980s, \u003cstrong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"404\"\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/strong\u003e remains a major cinematic statement on youth, violence, disillusionment, and moral collapse in war. This Japanese poster is especially powerful, combining the film’s most iconic image with bold Academy Award campaign graphics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"1004\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"652\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"655\"\u003eOriginally released in \u003cstrong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"686\"\u003e1986\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"699\"\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/strong\u003e follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"724\"\u003eChris Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e, a young American who leaves college to volunteer for service in Vietnam. Once deployed, he is drawn into the brutal reality of jungle warfare and into the moral conflict between two opposing sergeants: one compassionate and idealistic, the other ruthless and hardened by combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1342\"\u003eWritten and directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1046\"\u003eOliver Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e, who drew heavily from his own experience as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, the film became a major critical and commercial success. 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