Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
Drama
War & Politics
January 6, 2019 – November 24, 2019
(began 7 years ago)
45m / episode
7.8/10
Ended
1 Season
47 Episodes
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 (33)
Directors
Writers
Producers
Original Name
いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺〜
Original Language
ja
Spoken Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
JP