Tokyo Olympiad

Synopsis

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.

Main Cast

Abebe Bikila

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Ahmed Issa

Self

Age : 39 | Popularity : 7%

Yoshinori Sakai

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Joe Frazier

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self

Age : 87 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kon Ichikawa
	Assistant Director	Sachio Tomizawa
	Other	Nobuko Shibuya Eikoh Hosoe Shōtarō Yasuoka
Writing	Writer	Kon Ichikawa Yoshio Shirasaka Natto Wada
	Screenplay	Shuntaro Tanikawa
Production	Producer	Taguchi Suketaro
	Associate Producer	Jun Kiyofuji Asao Kumada Senkichi Taniguchi
Sound	Music	Toshirō Mayuzumi
	Sound	Ichirô Hoshi
Art	Art Direction	Yusaku Kamekura
Camera	Director of Photography	Shigeo Murata Tadashi Tanaka Shigeichi Nagano Kazuo Miyagawa
	Additional Photography	Ito Giichi Miyoji Ishioda Koichi Matsui Tadashi Miwa Seiji Nakamura Shinichi Ogawa Akahiko Saida Hiroshi Segawa Masuo Yamaguchi Toshimasa Yamazaki
	Camera Operator	Shinya Yamamoto
Crew	Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa Shigeo Murata Shigeichi Nagano Kenji Nakamura Tadashi Tanaka
	Thanks	Michelangelo Antonioni Ingrid Bergman Claudia Cardinale Henri-Georges Clouzot Vittorio De Sica Kon Ichikawa Masaki Kobayashi Marcello Mastroianni Amedeo Nazzari Ermanno Olmi Elio Petri Carlo Ponti Alain Resnais Luchino Visconti Andrzej Wajda
Editing	Editor	Tatsuji Nakashizu
Department	Role	Name

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