{"product_id":"toto-the-hero-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1991-b2-size-51-x-73cm-j267-copy","title":"“Toto the Hero” (トト・ザ・ヒーロー), Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1991, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA776","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"409\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"185\"\u003e1991\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"237\"\u003eToto the Hero\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"254\"\u003eToto le Héros\u003c\/em\u003e), the celebrated Belgian fantasy-drama directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"326\"\u003eJaco Van Dormael\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"387\"\u003eMichel Bouquet, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"408\"\u003eGisela Uhlen\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eWidely regarded as one of the most imaginative and affecting European debut features of its era, \u003cstrong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"525\"\u003eToto the Hero\u003c\/strong\u003e achieved major international acclaim for its inventive structure, emotional depth, and distinctive blend of dark comedy, memory, and fantasy. Japanese posters for the film are particularly appealing for their thoughtful local design and their emphasis on the picture’s festival prestige.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"834\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"837\"\u003eReleased in \u003cstrong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"857\"\u003e1991\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"876\"\u003eToto the Hero\u003c\/strong\u003e follows Thomas, an elderly man living in a retirement home, who has spent his life convinced that he was switched at birth with his wealthy neighbour Alfred. Haunted by the belief that Alfred stole the life, fortune, and happiness that should have been his, Thomas looks back across the episodes of his childhood and adult life while plotting a late act of revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1698\"\u003eDirected and written by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1288\"\u003eJaco Van Dormael\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film was an extraordinary breakthrough and established him immediately as a major new European filmmaker. At the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1436\"\u003e1991 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e, the picture won the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1473\"\u003eCaméra d’Or\u003c\/strong\u003e, awarded to the best first feature, and it quickly gained an international reputation for its non-linear storytelling, whimsical visual imagination, and emotionally resonant treatment of regret, memory, and lost possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1717\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1717\" data-end=\"1720\"\u003eThe Japanese B2 design is unusually rich and distinctive, using a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"1808\"\u003epanel-based layout\u003c\/strong\u003e that reflects the film’s layered, memory-driven structure. The upper half is dominated by a tender still of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1917\" data-end=\"1977\"\u003eyoung Thomas lying beside his beloved older sister Alice\u003c\/strong\u003e, an image of intimacy and melancholy that immediately establishes the emotional heart of the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2628\"\u003eAcross the middle runs a bold \u003cstrong data-start=\"2108\" data-end=\"2130\"\u003emagenta title band\u003c\/strong\u003e, carrying the Japanese title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2160\" data-end=\"2175\"\u003e「トト・ザ・ヒーロー」\u003c\/strong\u003e in large white lettering. Beneath this, the composition breaks into a series of smaller graphic compartments. At centre is a portrait of the older Thomas, lit beneath a lamp, his expression intense and reflective. Around him appear further inset images, including a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2442\" data-end=\"2483\"\u003esmall circular portrait of his mother\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2527\"\u003eyoung Thomas holding a toy aeroplane\u003c\/strong\u003e, and additional stills that evoke the film’s mixture of childhood fantasy and adult disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2715\"\u003eA central yellow panel prominently advertises the film’s Cannes distinction, reading:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2717\" data-end=\"2778\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2717\" data-end=\"2778\"\u003e“FESTIVAL DE CANNES 1991 \/ 1991年カンヌ国際映画祭 カメラ・ドール最優秀新人監督賞”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2780\" data-end=\"2936\"\u003eThis festival callout gives the sheet a strong period arthouse character and situates it clearly within the international cinema culture of the early 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2938\" data-end=\"3230\"\u003eThe vertical text on the right promotes the narrative in dramatic terms, describing the story of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3035\" data-end=\"3055\"\u003eAlice and Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e, the absent father they wait for, and Thomas’s dream of becoming the great detective \u003cstrong data-start=\"3141\" data-end=\"3161\"\u003e“Toto the Hero,”\u003c\/strong\u003e while also stressing the film’s success from \u003cstrong data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3229\"\u003eCannes to New York\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3232\" data-end=\"3379\"\u003eAt lower right, the original French title \u003cstrong data-start=\"3274\" data-end=\"3291\"\u003eTOTO LE HÉROS\u003c\/strong\u003e is preserved, balancing the Japanese title treatment with the film’s European identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3381\" data-end=\"3605\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3381\" data-end=\"3397\"\u003eRelease note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3397\" data-end=\"3400\"\u003eThis poster was printed for the film’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"3439\" data-end=\"3484\"\u003eoriginal 1991 Japanese theatrical release\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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