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Instead of a busier montage layout, this version is stark, restrained, and iconic: \u003cstrong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"634\"\u003eMarlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone\u003c\/strong\u003e, emerging from darkness, holding the cat, beneath the classic gold \u003cstrong data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"719\"\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/strong\u003e title treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"757\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"760\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"796\"\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola\u003c\/strong\u003e and adapted from \u003cstrong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"830\"\u003eMario Puzo’s\u003c\/strong\u003e novel, The Godfather is one of the defining works of American cinema. 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It won \u003cstrong data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003ethree Academy Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1429\"\u003eBest Picture\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1463\"\u003eBest Actor for Marlon Brando\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1496\"\u003eBest Adapted Screenplay\u003c\/strong\u003e, and remains widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1957\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1605\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1608\"\u003eThis Japanese B2 poster is a powerful, minimalist re-release design built around the famous image of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1747\"\u003eMarlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1959\" data-end=\"2003\"\u003eAcross the centre runs the Japanese tagline:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2129\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2034\"\u003e「権力という孤独　愛という哀しみ　男という生き方」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2037\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2129\"\u003e“The solitude called power, the sorrow called love, the way of life called being a man.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2325\"\u003eThe classic English title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2157\" data-end=\"2174\"\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in gold, complete with the famous puppet-string hand logo. 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