Tokyo Olympiad
東京オリンピック
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.
Directed by Kon Ichikawa · Written by Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada, Yoshio Shirasaka
Starring Abebe Bikila, Ahmed Issa, Yoshinori Sakai, Joe Frazier, Emperor Hirohito of Japan