Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Synopsis

Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.

Cast

Kantarô Nakamura

金栗四三

Sadao Abe

田畑政治

Haruka Ayase

春野Suya

Toma Ikuta

三岛弥彦

Hana Sugisaki

Shima

Kento Nagayama

野口源三郎

Ryo Katsuji

美川秀信

Yutaka Takenouchi

大森兵藏

Shido Nakamura

金栗实次

Charlotte Kate Fox

大森安仁子

Kanji Furutachi

可儿德

Pierre Taki

黑坂辛作

Tetta Sugimoto

永井道明

Shinobu Otake

池部几江

Koji Yakusho

嘉納治五郎

Takeshi Kitano

古今亭志生

Ai Hashimoto

小梅

Mizuki Yamamoto

本庄

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

吉冈信敬

Rina Kawaei

知惠

Crew

Directing

• Masae Ichiki Director
• Tsuyoshi Inoue Director

Production

• Kazuhiko Yoshioka Producer

Sound

• Yoshihide Otomo Original Music Composer

Writing

• Kankuro Kudo Writer

Seasons & episodes