Tokyo Olympiad, Kon Ichikawa’s documentary of the 1964 Games, is still a masterpiece
- Written by: Kenta McGrath, Sessional Academic in Screen Arts, Curtin University
Tokyo Olympiad/IMDBOf the countless documentaries about the Olympic Games, two have long held their place on the podium.
The first is Olympia (1938), Leni Riefenstahl’s landmark two-part film about the controversial 1936 Berlin Games. Funded by the Nazi regime and made with the backing of the International Olympic Committee, it is both a...
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