60th anniversary screening! 

Commissioned to document the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, ICHIKAWA Kon surprised officials by highlighting not just athletic triumphs, but fleeting, emotional, and often intimate moments of struggle, camaraderie, and beauty. The film also pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. 

 Considered by many as one of the greatest sporting movies of all time and winner of two BAFTA awards, Tokyo Olympiad remains a landmark achievement—not only as a record of a historic event, but as a poetic meditation on the essence of sport and humanity. The film was also a box office hit, holding the record for the highest-grossing film in Japan in terms of box office admissions for many decades. 

There will be a 15-minute intermission during the film.