The Man Who Skied Down Everest

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

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DocumentaryAdventure

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

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Yūichirō Miura
Yūichirō Miura
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Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain
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Release dateSep 19 1975

Runtime1 hour 26 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Japanese

Production companiesCrawley Films

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