Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
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
Seasons
E1Before the Rising of the Sun
Jan 6, 2019
E2Botchan
Jan 13, 2019
E3Adventure World
Jan 20, 2019
E4Manneken Pis
Jan 27, 2019
E5Not Losing to the Rain
Feb 3, 2019
E6Oedo Nihonbashi
Feb 10, 2019
E7The Odd Couple
Feb 17, 2019
E8Thousands of Enemies May Come
Feb 24, 2019
E9Farewell, Siberian Railway
Mar 3, 2019
E10A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mar 10, 2019
E11One Hundred Years of Solitude
Mar 17, 2019
E12Full Sun
Mar 24, 2019
E13Resurrection
Mar 31, 2019
E14A New World
Apr 7, 2019
E15Ah, Marriage
Apr 14, 2019
E16Berlin Wall
Apr 21, 2019
E17Two for the Road
Apr 28, 2019
E18Liebestraum
May 5, 2019
E19Hakone Ekiden
May 12, 2019
E20One Way Ticket
May 19, 2019
E21The Cherry Orchard
May 26, 2019
E22The Birth of Venus
Jun 2, 2019
E23The Good Earth
Jun 9, 2019
E24The Sower
Jun 16, 2019
E25The Times They Are A-Changin'
Jun 23, 2019
E26Born To Run
Jun 30, 2019
E27Transition
Jul 7, 2019
E28Run Across the Earth
Jul 14, 2019
E29California Dreamin
Jul 21, 2019
E30The Gold Rush
Jul 28, 2019
E31Top of the World
Aug 4, 2019
E32The Great Dictator
Aug 11, 2019
E33Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Aug 18, 2019
E34226
Aug 25, 2019
E35Olympia
Sep 1, 2019
E36Maehata, Go For It
Sep 8, 2019
E37The Last Supper
Sep 15, 2019
E38Episode 38
Sep 22, 2019
E39Episode 39
Sep 29, 2019
E40Episode 40
Oct 6, 2019
E41Episode 41
Oct 13, 2019
E42Episode 42
Oct 20, 2019
E43Episode 43
Oct 27, 2019
E44Episode 44
Nov 3, 2019
E45Episode 45
Nov 10, 2019
E46Episode 46
Nov 17, 2019
E47Episode 47
Nov 24, 2019
Videos
Storyline
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.
