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Toho Co.
Directed by: Kon Ichikawa
A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a catalogue of extraordinary observations that range from the expansive to the intimate. The glory, despair, passion, and suffering of Olympic competition are rendered with lyricism and technical mastery, culminating in an inspiring testament to the beauty of the human body and the strength of the human spirit.
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Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
Japanese Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Booklet, Interview
- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
- Archival interview from 1992 with director Kon Ichikawa
- Booklet featuring: Liner notes by legendary sports writer George Plimpton; complete list of winners in all events; symposium on Tokyo Olympiad, excerpted from the Cinematheque Ontario book Kon Ichikawa
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Release Credits
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Release Notes on Restoration
Tokyo Olympiad
Tokyo Olympiad is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a new 35mm low-contrast print. The soundtrack was mastered from an optical track print. To further enhance the image, the MTI Digital Restoration System was used to remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches. The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit; audio restoration tools were reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and hum.