Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
- Original title
- 東京オリンピック
- Directed by
- Kon Ichikawa
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary captures the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It focuses on the athletes and the atmosphere of the games rather than just the competition and winners.
atmospherichuman-focusedobservationalcelebratorypoeticreflectivewarmintimate
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Sapporo Winter Olympics (1972)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.