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Tokyo Olympiad, Kon Ichikawa’s documentary of the 1964 Games, is still a masterpiece

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Yahoo

The Tokyo Olympics are here. These 5 movies set at the city's 1964 Games are timely revelations

Like many Hollywood blockbusters delayed by the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics open this week with the expectation of greatly diminished returns. But when it comes to waiting, the city had a much longer ...
The New York Times

The 1964 Olympics Certified a New Japan, in Steel and on the Screen

The world’s elite athletes would have been in Tokyo right now if not for the coronavirus pandemic. When they went half a century ago, they discovered a capital transformed by design. By Jason Farago ...
The New York Times

What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Tokyo Olympiad’ and ‘Greatness Code’

Revisit Kon Ichikawa’s portrait of the 1964 Summer Olympics, or stream a new short-form sports documentary series on Apple TV+. By Gabe Cohn TOKYO OLYMPIAD (1965) Stream on Criterion Channel and HBO ...
Los Angeles Times

The Tokyo Olympics are here. These 5 movies set at the city’s 1964 Games are timely revelations

Like many Hollywood blockbusters delayed by the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics open this week with the expectation of greatly diminished returns. Here’s everything you need to know about the Tokyo ...