燃え広がる街の中で「関東大震災」を映した貴重なフィルム、「東京大空襲」を生き延びた人々の安堵の表情を映した進駐軍の高画質フィルム。新たに見つかった映像には二度の壊滅から立ち上がろうとする人々の表情が生々しく記録されていた。「日本資本主義の父」と呼ばれた渋沢栄一をはじめ有名無名の人々の情熱によって破壊を乗り越え、不死鳥のように生まれ変わってきた巨大都市・東京の、破壊と創造の150年を発掘映像で描く。
Tokyo overcame two devastating air raids and the Great Kanto Earthquake with the passion of countless people, including Eiichi Shibusawa, and came back to life like a phoenix. This film depicts 150 years of destruction and creation through excavated images.
Rare footage of the Great Kanto Earthquake amidst the burning city, and high-definition films of the Occupation Forces showing the expressions of relief on the faces of those who survived the Tokyo Air Raid. The newly discovered footage vividly records the expressions on the faces of people trying to recover from the two devastations. The film depicts 150 years of destruction and creation in Tokyo, a huge city that overcame destruction and was reborn like a phoenix thanks to the passion of Eiichi Shibusawa, the "father of Japanese capitalism," and other famous and unknown people.
