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Tokyo Olympiad (1965) [The Criterion Collection #155] (Repost)
A Film by Kon Ichikawa
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 720x480 VBR | 02:49:37 | 7.85 GB
Audio: Japanese (Dolby AC-3, 1 ch) + English Commentary | Subtitles: English
Extras: Menu, Special Features | Genre: Documentary, Sport | 4 Wins | Country: Japan

A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a catalogue of extraordinary observations that range from the expansive to the intimate. The glory, despair, passion, and suffering of Olympic competition are rendered with lyricism and technical mastery, culminating in an inspiring testament to the beauty of the human body and the strength of the human spirit.

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