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.

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  Kantarô Nakamura

  金栗四三
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  Sadao Abe

  田畑政治
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  Haruka Ayase

  春野Suya
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  Toma Ikuta

  三岛弥彦
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  Hana Sugisaki

  Shima
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  Kento Nagayama

  野口源三郎
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  Ryo Katsuji

  美川秀信
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  Yutaka Takenouchi

  大森兵藏
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  Shido Nakamura

  金栗实次
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  Charlotte Kate Fox

  大森安仁子