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The Man’s Picture… Every Woman Will Love!
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Abebe Bikila
Ahmed Issa
Yoshinori Sakai
Joe Frazier
Emperor Hirohito of JapanExplore the crew
- Director
- Kon Ichikawa
- Writer
- Kon Ichikawa
- Writer
- Yoshio Shirasaka
- Editor
- Tatsuji Nakashizu
- Producer
- Taguchi Suketaro
- Writer
- Natto Wada
- Screenplay
- Shuntaro Tanikawa
- Director of Photography
- Shigeo Murata
- Director of Photography
- Tadashi Tanaka
- Director of Photography
- Shigeichi Nagano
- Director of Photography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Original Music Composer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Director of Photography
- Kenji Nakamura