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Emperor Hirohito of Japan was the longest-reigning emperor in Japan's history, ruling from 1926 until his death in 1989. He oversaw Japan's militarization and expansion during World War II, but later worked to rebuild and modernize Japan after the devastation of the war.
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting m...
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