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.
Overview
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.
Kazuhiko Yoshioka
Producer
Episodes
1. Before the Rising of the Sun
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2. Botchan
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3. Adventure World
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Cast & Crew
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
