Tokyo Olympiad
Kon Ichikawa

Tokyo Olympiad

19652 hr 48 min

A spectacle of magnificent proportions and remarkable intimacy, Kon Ichikawa’s TOKYO OLYMPIAD remains one of the greatest films ever made about sports. Supervising a vast team of technicians using scores of cameras, Ichikawa captured the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo in glorious widescreen images, using cutting-edge telephoto lenses and exquisite slow motion to create lyrical, idiosyncratic poetry from the athletic drama surging all around him. Drawn equally to the psychology of losers and winners—including the legendary Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, who receives the film’s most exalted tribute—Ichikawa captures the triumph, passion, and suffering of competition with a singular humanistic vision, and in doing so effected a transformative influence on the art of documentary filmmaking.

  • Peter Cowie on TOKYO OLYMPIAD

    Peter Cowie on TOKYO OLYMPIAD

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  • Kon Ichikawa: Preproduction, 1964

    Kon Ichikawa: Preproduction, 1964

    20208 min
  • Tokyo Olympiad - Kon Ichikawa: Editing, 1964

    Tokyo Olympiad - Kon Ichikawa: Editing, 1964

    20203 min
  • Kon Ichikawa: 1992

    Kon Ichikawa: 1992

    202032 min
  • TOKYO OLYMPIAD - Additional Material Introduction

    TOKYO OLYMPIAD - Additional Material Introduction

    20209 min
  • TOKYO OLYMPIAD - Additional Material

    TOKYO OLYMPIAD - Additional Material

    20201 hr 24 min
  • A Singular Vision: Kon Ichikawa's "Tokyo Olympiad"

    A Singular Vision: Kon Ichikawa's "Tokyo Olympiad"

    202031 min
  • TOKYO OLYMPIAD - About the Restoration

    TOKYO OLYMPIAD - About the Restoration

    20206 min