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Auction History Result 3b1470 EQUINOX FLOWER Japanese 1958 Yasujiro Ozu's Higanbana, Saburi, ultra rare local city version! Date Sold 10/25/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) Higanbana (released in English-speaking countries as "Equinox Flower"), the 1958 Yasujiro Ozu Japanese family relationship romantic marriage melodrama (about a Japanese father with three daughters, and each of them wants to marry someone of their own choosing, but he prefers traditional "arranged" marriages, although ultimately he partially gives in to changing times) starring Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, and Keiji Sada. Note that the plot of this movie has a great deal in common with the classic American play and movie, Fiddler on the Roof. Those were based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, which were written at the turn of the twentieth century but the first play version was not produced until 1964, after this movie was made, so it is unclear which one influenced which! Also note that Yasujiro Ozu was a legendary Japanese writer and director from 1920s to the 1960s. He is likely the second best regarded Japanese director after Akira Kurosawa, and many of his films are considered classics, and his masterpiece is "Tokyo Story" from 1953, although he made movies from 1927 to 1962. First release Japanese posters of any kind from any of his movies are beyond rare! 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 is an extremely rare "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie that we have never auctioned before! A Japanese poster expert tells us that this poster was not printed by Shochiku for the nationwide first release of the movie in 1958, but by a company contracted by them for an alternative printing for the first release (likely in cities other than Tokyo), and it has a different image than the nationwide Japanese B2. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster had paper loss in the lower left border that extended into the Japanese writing at lower left and very slightly into the bottom left of the image. Someone put a piece of paper tape on the back of that area and performed amateur restoration to the front of that area that is very noticeable. There are also paper remnants at the bottom where a snipe was attached. There are some tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss in the rest of the left border and someone put a few small pieces of tape on the back of those area and also the back of a small tear in the bottom right of the image. The poster can be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or certainly one could choose to have proper restoration performed on this very rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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