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Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
“The Man’s Picture… Every Woman Will Love!”
Documentary · 2h 50m
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.
Cast
Abebe Bikila
Ahmed Issa
Yoshinori Sakai
Joe Frazier
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Crew
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Screenplay
- Shuntaro Tanikawa
- Writer
- Kon Ichikawa, Yoshio Shirasaka, Natto Wada
- Director of Photography
- Shigeichi Nagano, Shigeo Murata, Kazuo Miyagawa, Tadashi Tanaka, Kenji Nakamura
- Original Music Composer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Editor
- Tatsuji Nakashizu
- Producer
- Taguchi Suketaro
Details
- Original title
- 東京オリンピック
- Release date
- 1965-03-20
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Tokyo Olympic Film Association, TOHO