Like many Hollywood blockbusters delayed by the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics open this week with the expectation of greatly diminished returns. But when it comes to waiting, the city had a much longer ...

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New York’s Poster House is showcasing a rare exhibition of posters announcing the Italian release of the film Tokyo Olympiad — revered by many as one of the greatest sports documentaries of all time.

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In acknowledgement of the 2020 Olympics, which would have kicked off in Tokyo this week, the Criterion Collection is streaming its monumental collection 100 Years of Olympic Films on their streaming ...

In recent years, Olympics coverage on television has devoted more and more time to syrupy mini-biographies of select athletes, generally triumph-over-adversity stories designed to glorify the hometown ...

Ichikawa was born in southeast Japan in 1915 and died in Tokyo in 2008 at the age of 92. As a boy he loved samurai movies and cartoons, particularly Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies (animated shorts ...

The summer sports schedule is currently bare for 2020. Various leagues still hope to finish their paused seasons later this summer, but the biggest thing officially off the sports calendar is the ...

Revisit Kon Ichikawa’s portrait of the 1964 Summer Olympics, or stream a new short-form sports documentary series on Apple TV+. By Gabe Cohn TOKYO OLYMPIAD (1965) Stream on Criterion Channel and HBO ...

Like many Hollywood blockbusters delayed by the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics open this week with the expectation of greatly diminished returns. Here’s everything you need to know about the Tokyo ...