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Auction History Result 3d077 GATE OF HELL Japanese '53 Kinugasa's Jigokumon, samurai pursues married woman, rare! Date Sold 12/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) Jigokumon (released in the U.S. in 1954 as "Gate of Hell"), the 1953 Teinosuke Kinugasa Japanese samurai romantic tragedy ("Spellbinding drama of savage passions!!!";"Winner of two Academy Awards"; "In glorious Eastman color"; set in Japan in the 1300s; winner of the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Color Costume Academy Awards for this film) starring Kotaro Bando, Kazuo Hasegawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Yataro Kurokawa and Machiko Kyo NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster is extremely rare. We have only previously auctioned it once before! Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thin paper backing, it can be sent rolled (however, it will be rolled with the image outward, because paperbacked posters should always be rolled that way, while linen posters are always rolled with the image inward), and it will likely need to be sent in a 6" tube, because rolling it more tightly might damage the poster. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfold and just a very few tiny bits of paper loss on the folds. It had pinholes around the edges. The poster had a few tiny brown dot stains scattered throughout. One was in the forehead of the man. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely paperbacked, but no restoration was performed. The only defect that is at all noticeable is the dot in the man's forehead, and any restorer could easily touch up that area without re-backing the poster, if the new owner desired. Learn More about condition grades 
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