Directed by Shinkichi Noda of Japan, this short film is an alternative version of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Marathon and was based on a sixteen-foot snippet of film that captured an unauthorized runner trying to beat eventual winner Abebe Bikila. Noda returns to this segment again and again as other shots are added to consider the nationalistic politics that are underlying the Olympic events. No source is known at this time to view this film. Noda died in 1993 after completing just a couple of film projects in his filmography. Additional extensive footage of the marathon race coverage can be found in Tokyo Olympiad.
