Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺〜
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
47 episodes
Sadao Abe
田畑政治
47 episodes
Haruka Ayase
春野Suya
47 episodes
Toma Ikuta
三岛弥彦
47 episodes
Hana Sugisaki
Shima
47 episodes
Kento Nagayama
野口源三郎
47 episodes
Ryo Katsuji
美川秀信
47 episodes
Yutaka Takenouchi
大森兵藏
47 episodes
Shidou Nakamura
金栗实次
47 episodes
Charlotte Kate Fox
大森安仁子
47 episodes
Kanji Furutachi
可儿德
47 episodes
Pierre Taki
黑坂辛作
47 episodes
Tetta Sugimoto
永井道明
47 episodes
Shinobu Otake
池部几江
47 episodes
Koji Yakusho
嘉納治五郎
47 episodes
Takeshi Kitano
古今亭志生
47 episodes
Ai Hashimoto
小梅
47 episodes
Mizuki Yamamoto
本庄
47 episodes
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
吉冈信敬
47 episodes
Rina Kawaei
知惠
47 episodes
Kyoko Koizumi
美津子
47 episodes
Mirai Moriyama
美浓部孝藏
47 episodes
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
三岛弥太郎
47 episodes
Kayoko Shiraishi
三岛和歌子
47 episodes
Crew
- Music
- Yoshihide Otomo
Seasons
Season 1
2019 · 47 eps
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