OLYMPIAD TOKYO KASUMIGAOKA PUBLIC APARTMENTS

2021

80 min.

ja

Original Title

東京オリンピック2017 都営霞ケ丘アパート

Overview

This documentary follows a public housing complex set to be demolished in 2017 to make way for the reconstruction of the National Stadium in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Primarily a housing complex for the elderly, the residents average 65 years of age or older. Many live alone, and for decades they had lived together in harmony, helping one another through daily life.