“The Godfather” / 「ゴッドファーザー」, Original Japanese Theatrical Re-Release Poster 2004, Digital Remaster Version, Francis Ford Coppola / Marlon Brando / Al Pacino, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D292
This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical re-release poster for The Godfather / 「ゴッドファーザー」, printed for the film’s 2004 Japanese digital remaster theatrical release.
Across the centre runs the Japanese tagline:
「権力という孤独 愛という哀しみ 男という生き方」
“The solitude called power, the sorrow called love, the way of life called being a man.”
This poster is especially desirable because it uses a unique alternate Japanese re-release design compared with the original first-release B2. Instead of a busier montage layout, this version is stark, restrained, and iconic: Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, emerging from darkness, holding the cat, beneath the classic gold The Godfather title treatment.
Film background
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and adapted from Mario Puzo’s novel, The Godfather is one of the defining works of American cinema. The film follows the Corleone crime family, focusing on the ageing patriarch Vito Corleone and the transformation of his son Michael Corleone from reluctant outsider to ruthless successor.
The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton.
Released originally in 1972, The Godfather was a critical and commercial landmark. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon Brando, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and remains widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
Poster design
This Japanese B2 poster is a powerful, minimalist re-release design built around the famous image of Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone. He is shown in a dark tuxedo, face half-emerging from shadow, holding a cat in his hands. The image is almost entirely black and sepia-toned, giving the poster a solemn, theatrical, and monumental atmosphere.
Across the centre runs the Japanese tagline:
「権力という孤独 愛という哀しみ 男という生き方」
“The solitude called power, the sorrow called love, the way of life called being a man.”
The classic English title The Godfather appears in gold, complete with the famous puppet-string hand logo. Beneath it is the Japanese title 「ゴッドファーザー」, followed by the yellow-boxed text:
「デジタル・リマスター版」
“Digitally Remastered Version.”
The lower billing block identifies the principal cast and creative team, including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Mario Puzo, and Francis Ford Coppola, with the 2004 copyright and release information printed along the bottom edge.
The result is an elegant and highly displayable Japanese design: dark, cinematic, iconic, and perfectly suited to the film’s themes of family, power, loyalty, and violence.
Release identification
This poster should be catalogued as the 2004 Japanese theatrical re-release B2 poster for the Digital Remaster Version.
The printed text 「デジタル・リマスター版」 and the 2004 copyright information confirm that this is not an original 1972 first-release poster, but an original Japanese poster produced for the film’s restored theatrical presentation in Japan.
Condition
Excellent condition. Please review the photograph carefully, as it shows the exact poster for sale.
The poster presents beautifully, with deep black tones, strong photographic contrast, crisp gold title typography, and excellent overall display impact. Only light signs of age, storage, or handling are visible, consistent with careful preservation of an original Japanese theatrical poster from the early 2000s.
This is an original 2004 Japanese theatrical re-release B2 poster.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
It is over 20 years old.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
