If you loved Minamata: The Victims and Their World, try Tokyo Olympiad
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Minamata: The Victims and Their World, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Tokyo Olympiad is
Olympics as art film. The 1964 Tokyo games become a human tapestry, lingering on faces in the crowd as much as the athletes striving. Ichikawa's eye finds the drama in the small moments, enshrining a bygone era of amateurism.

