

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019-01-06 · 45 min / episode · ★ 7.8
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.
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Kantarô Nakamura金栗四三
Sadao Abe田畑政治
Haruka Ayase春野Suya
Toma Ikuta三岛弥彦
Hana SugisakiShima
Kento Nagayama野口源三郎
Ryo Katsuji美川秀信
Yutaka Takenouchi大森兵藏
Shidou 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
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