Tokyo Olympiad (The Criterion Collection) - Region 1 DVD
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The 1964 Olympics in Tokyo were a milestone as much for the intense athletic competition as the joyous commemoration of Japan's recovery following its defeat in World War II. Director Kon Ichikawa (The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain) created an epic film of the event, a documentary that covered the entire athletic competition while also capturing the surrounding atmosphere. Early in the film is a stunning aerial shot of Hiroshima, which first shows the devastated area, where destruction from the atom bomb has been preserved, before focusing on a beautiful park where an Olympic ceremony was bein
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Manufacturer: Criterion
Release date: 30 July 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780780025066 UPC: 037429166420
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Release date: 30 July 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780780025066 UPC: 037429166420
