As the eyes of the world turned away from the Olympic Summer Games 1964 in Tokyo, empty stadiums remained and little attention was given to the second Paralympic Games ever that were held only a few days after the Olympic Games. Kimio Watanabe’s documentary “Tokyo Paralympics: The Festival of Love and Glory” is one of six, and only one out of the two preserved films that give an account of that event. This very rare piece of history was long-forgotten and was recently discovered and shown to the public.
Tokyo Paralympics is screening at Japan Society (currently postponed)
Due to a lack of funding, the event itself was on the edge and so was the media coverage. The one-long documentary is therefore an important visual record, which allows insights into Japanese society at that time. Watanabe follows a rather humanitarian path and gives a voice to the unheard athletes, who...
Tokyo Paralympics is screening at Japan Society (currently postponed)
Due to a lack of funding, the event itself was on the edge and so was the media coverage. The one-long documentary is therefore an important visual record, which allows insights into Japanese society at that time. Watanabe follows a rather humanitarian path and gives a voice to the unheard athletes, who...
- 4/16/2020
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: John Battsek’s Oscar-winning Passion Pictures (One Day In September), James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis are teaming up to make a defining documentary about the Paralympic Games.
Provisionally titled Harder Than You Think, the film will chart the history and current standing of the Games, which has grown to become the world’s third largest sporting event.
Battsek and Greg Nugent of Htyt Films are producing with Broccoli, Curtis, U.S. paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee (Ipc) CEO Xavier Gonzalez among executive producers.
McQueen filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui are directing the feature, which is currently in production. Htyt Films holds the global rights, granted by the Ipc, and have financed.
Set to be released summer 2020 in the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the film will blend rare archive footage with life-affirming stories of today’s athletes.
Provisionally titled Harder Than You Think, the film will chart the history and current standing of the Games, which has grown to become the world’s third largest sporting event.
Battsek and Greg Nugent of Htyt Films are producing with Broccoli, Curtis, U.S. paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee (Ipc) CEO Xavier Gonzalez among executive producers.
McQueen filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui are directing the feature, which is currently in production. Htyt Films holds the global rights, granted by the Ipc, and have financed.
Set to be released summer 2020 in the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the film will blend rare archive footage with life-affirming stories of today’s athletes.
- 8/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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