Tokyo Olympiad

What are the Olympics? A sporting event designed to feature summer and winter sports occurring once every four years staggered? Yes, but. The Olympics are more than this and that is what director Kon Ichikawa was looking to highlight. To him the Olympics is a two week span of world peace. For two weeks nations around the world come together for sport.

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Ugetsu

Ugetsu is a ghost-story film from 1953 directed by Kenji Mizoguchi that tells the story of villages in the Omi Province of Japan.

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