A drama about the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Told by Kokontei Shinsho V, Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story told the series of stories between Tokyo and the Olympics. The stories includes the story of how Kanakura Shizo (Nakamura Kankuro), who is an Olympic-level marathon runner, became the first Japanese to take part in an Olympics games, and the story of Tabata Masaji (Abe Sadao), one of the key figures behind the success of Japan(Tokyo) hosting its first Olympic Games.—SCSchubert
Follow up the story of 52 years and covers three editions of 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics where it features the two lead characters Kanakuri Shisou as the first Japanese man to participate in the Stockholm Olympics' and achieved a world record and Tabata Masaji who was credited with bringing the Olympics to Japan.