Tokyo Orinpikku (1965)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 170 minuten
Alternative titles: Tokyo Olympiad / Tokyo Olympiade / 東京オリンピック
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Kon Ichikawa
Stars: Abebe Bikila and Jack Douglas
IMDb score:
7,8 (2.445)
Releasedate: 20 March 1965
Tokyo Orinpikku plot
Documentary about the 1964 Olympic Games, which were held in Tokyo, making them the first Games to take place in Asia. Ichikawa highlights the public and a number of athletes, regardless of their success, with their personal backgrounds.
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Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8252 votes
A fun and beautifully shot documentary about the 1964 Olympic Games in Japan, in which most sports are covered, although it is of course impossible to give equal attention to every sport.
Ichikawa carefully crafted this, starting with the opening ceremony and ending with the closing ceremony. The first half mainly focuses on athletics. The way in which it is portrayed ensures that the sport comes across even better. It is filmed from various camera angles, which you will never encounter on television and that sometimes makes it quite special. They also do their best to create a kind of tension in certain parts, which also works, because I had no idea who, for example, became pole vault champion at the time.
It is also nice to see that certain sports at the time had a completely different technique than now. Especially the high jump looks very different from today. It is also nice to see that Anton Geesink's Olympic victory in judo is still being played there. That gives this documentary a little bit of a Dutch touch. In the second half the level goes down a bit, although that is somewhat compensated towards the end by the registration of the marathon, which is really beautiful and, as far as I'm concerned, is also the highlight of it.
3.5*
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Vinokourov
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- 3143 messages
- 2909 votes
A registration of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, that's what this almost 3-hour documentary is about. Everything is covered: the opening ceremony, the athletes, spectators, etc. The images speak for themselves and it is actually more of an (impersonal) registration of some events. Sometimes it gets a bit too much of the same, but overall it's nice to see some sports fragments, such as the Ethiopian Bikila's victory in the marathon. Anton Geesink can also be seen on the tatami, which is nice of course.
At almost three hours, this documentary is a bit on the long side, I think. It is also a pity that not everything has been captured beautifully (too much zoomed or shocking images), but this must also have to do with what was possible in 1964 in terms of camera technology. Anyway, all in all quite nice, but not very memorable.
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wendyvortex
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- 5196 messages
- 7279 votes
In any case, the ultimate Olympic film is a lot more beautiful and interesting than the rather boring Riefenstahl attempt on the 1936 edition. The journey of the Olympic flame is an extremely impressive start. We really go through many countries that we didn't see that often in 1964. Opening with the now not so invincible Hirohito, who still has to read his three-sentence opening text from a leaf. Then of course a lot of sport, unique in such a quality. Television reporting was not really there yet. Colors and images are really beautiful. How delicious too! No advertising anywhere! Marathon is definitely a highlight, gymnastics and athletics are also very nice. Another fraught hockey match between India and Pakistan. And of course Anton Geesink! Our gold medal winner, who keeps the Japanese from the gold here. Closing ceremony as it should be, simple but beautiful.
Worth it, this is another not-too-tainted Olympics. Also very amazing the two Germanys under a common German flag with Olympic rings. Mexico preceded the bloody crackdown on student protests. And of course those games in 1972 should have been stopped. I believe they will be back next year, no idea in which country and who will and will not participate. Then rather this beautiful film about the games of 1964.
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