Synopsis
The first of a two-part documentary produced as the official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021. Naomi Kawase, a Cannes Film Festival regular and world-renowned director, was the general director of this film. 32nd Olympic Games were scheduled to be held in Tokyo for the first time since 1964. However, in March 2020, the Games were postponed for the first time in modern Olympic history due to the worldwide spread of a new type of coronavirus infection. On July 23, 2021, with the coronavirus still uncontrolled, the opening ceremony will be held one year later than scheduled, and the curtain will finally rise on the 17-day Games, which will feature 339 events in 33 sports, the most in Olympic history. Based on the extraordinary Games, which were held without spectators, and on the massive record of the 750 days and 5,000 hours leading up to the Games, "SIDE:A," the first of two films, focuses on the people involved in the Olympic Games, especially the athletes who appear on the stage, and shows their hidden thoughts, passions, and anguish. and their anguish.