{"product_id":"the-seventh-seal-第七の封印-original-japanese-movie-poster-1963-b2-size-51-73-cm-c24-copy","title":"“The Seventh Seal” \/ 「第七の封印」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1963, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) F273","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"303\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"146\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"203\"\u003eThe Seventh Seal\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「第七の封印」, Ingmar Bergman’s monumental 1957 masterpiece, released in Japan in \u003cstrong data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"290\"\u003e1963\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"302\"\u003eTOWA\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"533\"\u003eOne of the defining works of world cinema, \u003cstrong data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"368\"\u003eThe Seventh Seal\u003c\/strong\u003e remains among Bergman’s most iconic films: severe, allegorical, and unforgettable in its meditation on death, faith, silence, and the fragile dignity of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"924\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"554\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"557\"\u003eSet in medieval Sweden during the Black Death, \u003cstrong data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"624\"\u003eThe Seventh Seal\u003c\/strong\u003e follows a disillusioned knight, \u003cstrong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"675\"\u003eAntonius Block\u003c\/strong\u003e, returning from the Crusades to a homeland shadowed by plague. 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