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.
Released in 1958, Tokyo 1958 is a documentary film from Cinema 58 (Japan). It was directed by Masahiro Ogi and Sadamu Maruo and written by Kyushiro Kusakabe and Kanzaburo Mushanokoji. The cast is led by Donald Richie. With a runtime of 24m, the film averages 6.2/10 across 16 TMDB ratings.
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