‘Tokyo Olympiad’: Japan’s Homage to World Sport

Director Kon Ichikawa gives a beautiful cinematic celebration of our shared humanity.

The Olympic flame is lit, in “Tokyo Olympiad.” Toho

NR | 2h 50m | Documentary, Sport | 1965

The COVID-19 hysteria and all of the constraints imposed by governments across the world subdued the interest and excitement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. With the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics being held in Paris, the world is once more looking forward to a grand event. Many films have presented the achievements of Olympic athletes; a film of the 1964 Olympics also in Tokyo remains a highpoint in this documentary subgenre.