Sensation of the Century

1966Movie2 h 36 min

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A documentary covering the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. It consists primarily of footage edited from the documentary TOKYO OLYMPIAD, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

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Taguchi Suketaro

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May 15, 1966 · 2 h 36 min · Documentary

Released
May 15, 1966
Runtime
2 h 36 min
Genres
Documentary
Original language
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Available in
2 countries

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Where can I stream Sensation of the Century?

In the United States, Sensation of the Century streams on Criterion. It also streams in 1 other country.

Is Sensation of the Century worth watching?

55
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55 (IMDb 6).

Is Sensation of the Century a sequel?

  1. The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece (1924)
  2. The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games (1924)
  3. The Olympic Games in Paris 1924 (1925)
  4. The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928 (1928)
  5. The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam (1928)
  6. The White Stadium (1928)
  7. Youth of the World (1936)
  8. XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)
  9. Fight Without Hate (1948)
  10. The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 (1952)
  11. Where the World Meets (1952)
  12. Gold and Glory (1953)
  13. Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (1954)
  14. White Vertigo (1956)
  15. Olympic Games 1956 (1956)
  16. The Horse in Focus (1956)
  17. The Melbourne Rendezvous (1957)
  18. Alain Mimoun (1959)
  19. People, Hopes, Medals (1960)
  20. The Grand Olympics (1961)
  21. IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 (1964)
  22. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
  23. Sensation of the Century (1966)
  24. 13 Days in France (1968)
  25. Snows of Grenoble (1968)
  26. The Olympics in Mexico (1969)
  27. Sapporo Winter Olympics (1972)
  28. Visions of Eight (1973)
  29. White Rock (1977)
  30. Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977)
  31. Olympic Spirit (1980)
  32. O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)
  33. A Turning Point (1984)
  34. 16 Days of Glory (1985)
  35. Hand in Hand (1989)
  36. Beyond All Barriers (1989)
  37. Seoul 1988 (1989)
  38. Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory (1989)
  39. One Light, One World (1992)
  40. Marathon (1993)
  41. Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory (1994)
  42. Atlanta’s Olympic Glory (1997)
  43. Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory (1998)
  44. Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory (2001)
  45. Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory (2003)
  46. Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory (2005)
  47. Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory (2007)
  48. The Everlasting Flame (2009)
  49. Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory (2011)
  50. First (2012)
  51. The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 (2017)

Yes: it's movie 23 of 51 in its series, after Tokyo Olympiad (1965) and before 13 Days in France (1968).

Is Sensation of the Century in English?

Japanese

No, it was made in Japanese.