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Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Storywatch trailer

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

45min

Drama

War & Politics

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.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Before the Rising of the Sun

1. Before the Rising of the Sun

45min

6th Jan 2019

Botchan

2. Botchan

45min

13th Jan 2019

Adventure World

3. Adventure World

45min

20th Jan 2019

Manneken Pis

4. Manneken Pis

45min

27th Jan 2019

Not Losing to the Rain

5. Not Losing to the Rain

45min

3rd Feb 2019

Oedo Nihonbashi

6. Oedo Nihonbashi

45min

10th Feb 2019

The Odd Couple

7. The Odd Couple

45min

17th Feb 2019

Thousands of Enemies May Come

8. Thousands of Enemies May Come

45min

24th Feb 2019

Farewell, Siberian Railway

9. Farewell, Siberian Railway

45min

3rd Mar 2019

A Midsummer Night's Dream

10. A Midsummer Night's Dream

45min

10th Mar 2019

One Hundred Years of Solitude

11. One Hundred Years of Solitude

45min

17th Mar 2019

Full Sun

12. Full Sun

45min

24th Mar 2019

Resurrection

13. Resurrection

45min

31st Mar 2019

A New World

14. A New World

45min

7th Apr 2019

Ah, Marriage

15. Ah, Marriage

45min

14th Apr 2019

Berlin Wall

16. Berlin Wall

45min

21st Apr 2019

Two for the Road

17. Two for the Road

45min

28th Apr 2019

Liebestraum

18. Liebestraum

45min

5th May 2019

Hakone Ekiden

19. Hakone Ekiden

45min

12th May 2019

One Way Ticket

20. One Way Ticket

45min

19th May 2019

The Cherry Orchard

21. The Cherry Orchard

45min

26th May 2019

The Birth of Venus

22. The Birth of Venus

45min

2nd Jun 2019

The Good Earth

23. The Good Earth

45min

9th Jun 2019

The Sower

24. The Sower

45min

16th Jun 2019

The Times They Are A-Changin'

25. The Times They Are A-Changin'

45min

23rd Jun 2019

Born To Run

26. Born To Run

45min

30th Jun 2019

Transition

27. Transition

45min

7th Jul 2019

Run Across the Earth

28. Run Across the Earth

45min

14th Jul 2019

California Dreamin

29. California Dreamin

45min

21st Jul 2019

The Gold Rush

30. The Gold Rush

45min

28th Jul 2019

Top of the World

31. Top of the World

45min

4th Aug 2019

The Great Dictator

32. The Great Dictator

45min

11th Aug 2019

Battle Without Honor or Humanity

33. Battle Without Honor or Humanity

45min

18th Aug 2019

226

34. 226

45min

25th Aug 2019

Olympia

35. Olympia

45min

1st Sep 2019

Maehata, Go For It

36. Maehata, Go For It

45min

8th Sep 2019

The Last Supper

37. The Last Supper

45min

15th Sep 2019

Episode 38

38. Episode 38

45min

22nd Sep 2019

Episode 39

39. Episode 39

45min

29th Sep 2019

Episode 40

40. Episode 40

45min

6th Oct 2019

Episode 41

41. Episode 41

45min

13th Oct 2019

Episode 42

42. Episode 42

45min

20th Oct 2019

Episode 43

43. Episode 43

45min

27th Oct 2019

Episode 44

44. Episode 44

45min

3rd Nov 2019

Episode 45

45. Episode 45

45min

10th Nov 2019

Episode 46

46. Episode 46

45min

17th Nov 2019

Episode 47

47. Episode 47

45min

24th Nov 2019

First air date

6th Jan 2019

Last air date

24th Nov 2019

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

ja

Networks