Record of a Marathon Runner

Overview

This was a sponsored documentary film by director Kazuo Kuroki of Japan. This highly artistic film focused entirely on Japanese marathon runner Kenji Kimihara. Kimihara finished eighth in the 1964 Olympic marathon with a time of 2:19:49. He had previously won the Japanese trials in 2:17:11 on April 12th of that year. He competed in a total of three Olympic marathons in all (finishing 2nd in 1968, and 5th in 1972) and he won 9 of 18 marathons prior to the Mexico City Games, including the Boston Marathon in 1966. Kimihara’s personal best was 2:13:25.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1963

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Director

Kazuo Kuroki

Music

Sei Ikeno

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0216548