Tokyo Olympiad
A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa's Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a catalogue of extraordinary observations that range from the expansive to the intimate. The glory, despair, passion, and suffering of Olympic competition are rendered with lyricism and technical mastery, culminating in an inspiring testament to the beauty of the human body and the strength of the human spirit.
Special Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions
- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
- Liner notes by legendary sports writer George Plimpton
- Complete list of winners in all events
- Symposium on Tokyo Olympiad, excerpted from the Cinematheque Ontario book Kon Ichikawa
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Special Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions
- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
- Liner notes by legendary sports writer George Plimpton
- Complete list of winners in all events
- Symposium on Tokyo Olympiad, excerpted from the Cinematheque Ontario book Kon Ichikawa
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Credits
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Music
- Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Producer
- Suketaru Taguchi
- Editing
- Tatsuji Nakashizu
- Art direction
- Yusaku Kamekura
- Sound
- Ichirô Hoshi
- Cinematography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Cinematography
- Shigeo Murata
- Cinematography
- Shigeichi Nagano
- Cinematography
- Kenji Nakamura
- Cinematography
- Tadashi Tanaka
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