Tokyo 1958
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A collaborative, newsreel-style portrait of Tokyo in 1957–58, blending photography, animation, and historical imagery to capture the city’s labor, rituals, and nightlife at the moment it became the world’s largest metropolis.
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Hiroshi Teshigahara Director · Zenzō Matsuyama Director Susumu Hani Director
Director Screenplay Editor
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director Screenplay Editor
Zenzō Matsuyama
Director Screenplay Editor
Susumu Hani
Director
Yoshiro Kawazu
Director
Kyushiro Kusakabe
Director
Sadamu Maruo
Director
Kanzaburo Mushanokoji
Director
Masahiro Ogi
Director
Ryuichiro Sakisaka
Composer
Hiroo Hara
First release April 24, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, French, Japanese
Production
Cinema 58
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
東京1958
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · French · Japanese
Release dates
Belgium · April 24, 1958
Theatrical · Knokke Experimental Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
October 1, 2007 · Tokyo International Film Festival
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