Summaries

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.

Details

Keywords
  • city in title
  • based on real people
  • japanese drama
  • city name in title
  • tokyo olympics
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
Release date Jan 5, 2019
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Filming locations Stockholm, Sweden
Production companies NHK

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Tech specs

Runtime 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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