Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

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.

Cast for Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story...

Kantarô Nakamura
金栗四三
Sadawo Abe
田畑政治
Haruka Ayase
春野Suya
Toma Ikuta
三岛弥彦
Kento Nagayama
野口源三郎
Ryo Katsuji
美川秀信
Yutaka Takenouchi
大森兵藏
Shido Nakamura
金栗实次
Charlotte Kate Fox
大森安仁子
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
Kyoko Koizumi
美津子
Mirai Moriyama
美浓部孝藏
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
三岛弥太郎
Kayoko Shiraishi
三岛和歌子
Koen Kondo
中沢临川
Gôichi Mine
福田源蔵
Yutaka Matsushige
东龙太郎
Yuina Kuroshima
村田富江
Ai Yoshikawa
田畑庄子