{"product_id":"seven-samurai-七人の侍-original-japanese-movie-poster-1991-b2-size-51-73-cm-d96","title":"“Seven Samurai” (七人の侍), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1991, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D96","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"520\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"171\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e for a Japanese theatrical release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"229\"\u003eAkira Kurosawa’s\u003c\/strong\u003e immortal masterpiece \u003cem data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"266\"\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e (七人の侍, 1954). Few films have shaped world cinema more profoundly: its blend of character, rhythm, action choreography, and moral gravity became the blueprint for everything from modern ensemble action films to the DNA of the western and the blockbuster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"1074\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"541\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"544\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"559\"\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e remains Kurosawa’s most celebrated work—an epic of desperate farmers hiring seven masterless samurai to defend their village from bandits. It is both intimate and monumental: strategy, sacrifice, and human frailty played out against rain, mud, steel, and ideology. The film’s influence is immeasurable (from \u003cem data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"891\"\u003eThe Magnificent Seven\u003c\/em\u003e to countless modern action ensembles), and in Japan it has never really left the cultural bloodstream—returning to cinemas repeatedly as a canonical “must-see” theatrical experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1395\"\u003eThis 1991 Japanese release poster is particularly appealing because it represents the point where \u003cem data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1189\"\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e had fully entered its modern afterlife: no longer simply a historical epic, but a world-class art film presented again for new audiences—decades after its debut, yet still commanding full cinema attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"2174\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1414\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1417\"\u003eA striking, minimalist design centred on emotion rather than spectacle. The sheet is dominated by a bold, painterly portrait—helmeted, shouting, and urgent—rendered in warm brush tones that feel closer to fine art illustration than conventional movie advertising. Beneath it, the title \u003cstrong data-start=\"1703\" data-end=\"1713\"\u003e「七人の侍」\u003c\/strong\u003e is executed in powerful black calligraphy, with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1775\"\u003e「黒澤明監督作品」\u003c\/strong\u003e (“A film by Akira Kurosawa”) anchoring the film’s authorship like a seal.\u003cbr data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"1852\"\u003eAt the bottom, a small band of silhouetted samurai forms a graphic “line of seven,” paired with the English mark \u003cstrong data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"1996\"\u003eSEVEN SAMURAI – COMING BACK\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the poster a clean international-modern presentation while still feeling unmistakably Japanese in its typography and restraint. On a wall, it reads like a gallery piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2478\" data-end=\"2562\"\u003eCondition\u003cbr data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2490\"\u003eExcellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale. We have taken the condition into account when pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2757\" data-end=\"2866\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2785\"\u003eover 30 years old!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2785\" data-end=\"2788\"\u003eIt is not a reproduction or a reprint.\u003cbr data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"2829\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56699616100730,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-03-17T130001.342.jpg?v=1773720032","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/seven-samurai-%e4%b8%83%e4%ba%ba%e3%81%ae%e4%be%8d-original-japanese-movie-poster-1991-b2-size-51-73-cm-d96","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}