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Auction History Result 3j0739 FLOATING WEEDS linen Japanese 1959 Yasujiro Ozu's Ukiusa, Ganjiro Nakamura, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 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) Ukiusa (released in English-speaking countries as "Floating Weeds"), the 1959 Yasujiro Ozu Japanese theater stage acting family relationship father-son melodrama (about the star of a traveling theater troupe who goes to a seaside town to perform, and living in that town is the star's girlfriend from many years ago, who became pregnant by him and had a son, and she told him that the famous actor was his uncle and not his father; now, the actor's present girlfriend is jealous and worried about him rekindling his relationship with his former girlfriend, and that is only the beginning of a very complicated movie!) starring Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Haruko Sugimura, Ayako Wakao, and Hiroshi Kawaguchi. Note that this movie is a remake of director Ozu's 1934 movie called "A Story of Floating Weeds", and most people consider this movie to be one of the greatest movies of all time, from any country! 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 we have never before auctioned this first release Japanese poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie! We previously auctioned a "local city version" first release Japanese B2 poster, and it sold for $625 in only "good" condition! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had a few tiny bits of paper loss on parts of the folds, and some tiny paper loss in parts of the borders. It had some pinholes, tears, and tiny paper loss in the lower left of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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