Cinema Paradiso

A Japanese B5 movie flyer for the three-hour original version of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1988 film Cinema Paradiso, presented as a Cine Switch fifth-anniversary special programme.

An ivory field and fine gold border frame two images: Alfredo and young Toto smiling on a bicycle, and, at right, an intimate scene with the adult Toto and Elena. The gold NUOVO CINEMA Paradiso lettering sits above the second image, while the Japanese title appears in large red type near the foot.

Below the film credits is a printed statement attributed to Tornatore, with a reproduced signature, welcoming the original version’s Japanese release. The bottom line identifies the “3-hour complete original version.”

Only the front is documented. The issue year is recorded as c. 1991 (estimated), inferred from the printed Cine Switch fifth-anniversary special designation; no release date is visible on the photographed front.

• Film: Cinema Paradiso (1988)
• Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
• Lead cast: Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Agnese Nano
• Music: Ennio Morricone
• Country: Italy (film)
• Japanese title: ニュー・シネマ・パラダイス
• Original title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
• Object: Japanese movie flyer, Cine Switch fifth-anniversary special, 3-hour original version
• Flyer issue year: c. 1991 (estimated)
• Format: B5, portrait; 182 × 257 mm (B5 standard dimensions, not individually measured)
• Printing: Colour printing visible on the front; reverse undocumented
• Language: Japanese, with Roman-letter title treatment
• Quantity: One single-sheet flyer

Only the front is documented. The reverse has not been photographed, and no assessment of wear or overall condition has been made.