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Tokyo Olympiad(Movie, 1965)

Original title: "東京オリンピック" (Japanese/JA)
2h 50min | Genre: Documentary
Tokyo OlympiadRating: 3.8/5 (with 1717 votes)
Tokyo Olympiad, also known in Japan as Tōkyō Olympic (東京オリンピック, Tōkyō Orinpikku, lit. "Tokyo Olympics"), is a 1965 Japanese documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Like Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Ichikawa's film was considered a cinematographic milestone in documentary filmmaking. However, Tokyo Olympiad keeps its focus far more on the atmosphere of the games and the human side of the athletes rather than concentrating on winning and the results. It is one of the few sports documentaries included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. ()
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About Tokyo Olympiad

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.

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The Complete Tokyo 1964 Olympics Film | Olympic History(Featurette, 2:05:09)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Plays in: Tokyo
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 12 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Thai (TH), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/16/1966 (World premiere: 03/20/1965)
Cast: Nando Martellini, Abebe Bikila, Hirohito
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Director of Photography: Kazuo Miyagawa
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Olimpíadas de Tóquio"
"Tokyo 1964"
"Tôkyô orinpikku"
"XVIII. Olympische Sommerspiele Tokio 1964"
"Tokyo olympiaden"
"Las olimpiadas de Tokio"
"Tokion olympialaiset"
"Tokyo 1964"
"Tokyo Olympiades"
"I Olympias tou Tokyo"
"東京奧運會"
"Le olimpiadi di Tokio"
"Seido no kando"
"Tōkyō Orinpikku"
"東京オリンピック"
"Las olimpiadas de Tokio"
"Tokyo Olympiade"
"Tokio-olympiaden"
"Olimpiada w Tokio"
"As Olimpíadas de Tóquio"
"Tokyo-olympiaden"
"Олимпиада в Токио"
"Tokyo Olympic 1964"

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