Tokyo 1958 (1958)

04/24/1958 (JP) • Documentary • 24m

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.

Tokyo 1958 (1958)

04/24/1958 (JP) • 24m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Donald Richie

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

frantic

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