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Tokyo Olympiad is a japonais film of genre Documentary directed by Kon Ichikawa released in USA on 20 october 1965

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Tokyo Olympiad
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Released in USA 20 october 1965
Length 2h50
Directed by
OriginJapon
Rating77% 3.893413.893413.893413.893413.89341

Tokyo Olympiad (東京オリンピック Tōkyō Orinpikku) is a 1965 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 milestone in documentary filmmaking. However, Tokyo Olympiad keeps its focus more on the atmosphere of the games and the human side of the athletes instead of concentrating only on the winners 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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Le film est consacré aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1964 qui ont eu lieu à Tokyo.

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