By MISUZU SATO/ Staff Writer
January 27, 2022 at 07:00 JST
“Tokyo 2020 Olympics” (tentative title) ((c) 2021, International Olympic Committee, All Rights Reserved)
The tentatively titled “Tokyo 2020 Olympics,” an official documentary of the Games held at the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic after a yearlong delay, will be released in June.
The film, which encapsulates footage captured over two years, is helmed by renowned director Naomi Kawase.
Planned by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, it was produced by the Kinoshita Group in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee.
“The future of humankind can be seen from a massive amount of footage recorded by cameras that kept rolling for two years,” said a representative of distributor Toho Co.
Kawase became the youngest winner ever of the prestigious Camera d’or for best new director at the Cannes International Film Festival for “Moe no Suzaku” in 1997. She went on to receive the Grand Prix award at the festival for “The Mourning Forest” in 2007.
Kawase was appointed to direct the official documentary of the Tokyo Olympics in October 2018.
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