Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

πŸ“Š Series Specifications

Network NHK
Episode Runtime ~45 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 47
Original Language JA

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (2019)

⭐ 3.9 / 5 (5 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons πŸ“Ό 47 Episodes 🏷️ Drama, War & Politics πŸ“‘ Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Before the Rising of the Sun
E8 Thousands of Enemies May Come
E9 Farewell, Siberian Railway
E10 A Midsummer Night's Dream
E11 One Hundred Years of Solitude
E25 The Times They Are A-Changin'
E33 Battle Without Honor or Humanity