About
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
Kantarô Nakamura
as 金栗四三
Sadao Abe
as 田畑政治
Haruka Ayase
as 春野Suya
Toma Ikuta
as 三岛弥彦
Hana Sugisaki
as Shima
Kento Nagayama
as 野口源三郎
Ryo Katsuji
as 美川秀信
Yutaka Takenouchi
as 大森兵藏
Shido Nakamura
as 金栗实次
Charlotte Kate Fox
as 大森安仁子
Kanji Furutachi
as 可儿德
Pierre Taki
as 黑坂辛作
Tetta Sugimoto
as 永井道明
Shinobu Otake
as 池部几江
Koji Yakusho
as 嘉納治五郎
Takeshi Kitano
as 古今亭志生
Ai Hashimoto
as 小梅
Mizuki Yamamoto
as 本庄
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
as 吉冈信敬
Rina Kawaei
as 知惠
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
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