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Tokyo 1958

19586.2 / 1024 min

Documentary

Overview

Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to create a "frantic, non-stop pop newsreel". Mixing cutout animation with color and black & white photography, this snapshot documents Tokyo in 1957-58, when it had eight and ½ million people and was the largest city in the world. Pollution, bridal fashion, rites, rituals, partying-- Nearly every angle of Tokyo life is compacted into a mere 24 minutes.

Cast

Donald Richie

Crew

Masahiro Ogi

Director

Hiroshi Segawa

Cinematography

Hiroo Hara

Original Music Composer

Sadamu Maruo

Director

Shu Kikuchi

Cinematography

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director

Yoshiro Kawazu

Director

Kanzaburo Mushanokoji

Director

Susumu Hani

Director

Kyushiro Kusakabe

Director

Yoshitaka Fuji

Cinematography

Ryuichiro Sakisaka

Director

Zenzō Matsuyama

Director

Kyushiro Kusakabe

Screenplay