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Auction History Result 6h0441 SEVEN SAMURAI linen Japanese 1954 Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, ultra rare first release! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) Shichinin No Samurai (released in the U.S. in 1956 as "The Magnificent Seven", and in other English-speaking countries as "The Seven Samurai"), the classic 1954 Akira Kurosawa Japanese hired-professionals-save-a-tiny-town action epic (this great movie was the basis for the equally classic "The Magnificent Seven", it won the New York Film Critics award and was nominated for two Oscars!) starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, and Minoru Chiaki. Note that this film was first released in the U.S. under the title "The Magnificent Seven". We're not sure when the U.S. title was changed to the now familiar "The Seven Samurai", but it was certainly before the 1960 "The Magnificent Seven" was released (we have found newspaper ads from 1957 that still use the original title). 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this first release Japanese B2 poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie, and the last one was 14 years ago, when it sold for $8,627! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had light water staining across the center approximately 1" wide. It had some water stains and small tears around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was really nicely backed, and the water staining is not very noticeable or distracting, but bear this in mind before bidding on this incredibly rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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