Idaten

Details

 * Title: いだてん
 * Title (romaji): Idaten
 * Tagline: 東京オリムピック噺 / Tokyo Olympic Banashi
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Historical
 * Episodes: 47
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2019-Jan-06 to 2019-Dec-15
 * Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis
It tells the real-life story of how Kanakuri Shizo (Nakamura Kankuro), a Japanese Olympic-level marathon runner and Tabata Masaji (Abe Sadao), a man who was responsible of setting up Japanese swimming and also was one of the key figures behind the mission to Japan to hosts its first Olympic Games, with astonishing success.

Both historical and important figures lived in very different periods from each other, but their fight and tenacity are what changed Japan for the better and the world would not be the same after both men's actions and efforts in the name of sports.

Cast

 * Nakamura Kankuro (中村勘九郎) as Kanakuri Shizo
 * Abe Sadao as Tabata Masaji
 * Ayase Haruka as Haruno Suya
 * Ikuta Toma as Mishima Yahiko
 * Sugisaki Hana as Shima
 * Nagayama Kento as Noguchi Genzaburo
 * Katsuji Ryo as Mikawa Hidenobu
 * Takenouchi Yutaka as Omori Hyozo
 * Nakamura Shido as Kanakuri Sanetsugu
 * Charlotte Kate Fox as Omori Aniko (Annie Barrows Shepley)
 * Furutachi Kanji (古舘寛治) as Kani Isao
 * Pierre Taki as Kurosaka Shinsaku
 * Sugimoto Tetta as Nagai Doumei
 * Otake Shinobu as Ikebe Ikue
 * Yakusho Koji as Kano Jigoro
 * Beat Takeshi as Kokontei Shinsho
 * Moriyama Mirai as Minobe Kozo
 * Kamiki Ryunosuke as Gorin
 * Hashimoto Ai as Koume
 * Mineta Kazunobu as Sei-san
 * Kawaei Rina as Chie
 * Matsuo Suzuki as Tachibanaya Enkyo
 * Taguchi Tomorowo as Kanakuri Nobuhiko
 * Miyazaki Yoshiko as Kanakuri Shie
 * Satoi Kenta as Haruno Sensei
 * Takahashi Yo (高橋洋) as Ikebe Shigeyuki
 * Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Mishima Yataro
 * Shiraishi Kayoko (白石加代子) as Mishima Wakako
 * Ikenami Shino (池波志乃) as Minobe Rin / Orin
 * Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Imamatsu
 * Mitsushima Shinnosuke as Yoshioka Shinkei
 * Kondo Koen as Nakazawa Rinsen
 * Takei So (武井壮) as Oshikawa Shunro
 * Yamamoto Mizuki as Honjo
 * Hiraizumi Sei as Okuma Shigenobu
 * Inoue Hajime (井上肇) as Uchida Koshi

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
 * Executive Producer: Kurube Kei (訓覇圭), Shimizu Takuya (清水拓哉)
 * Producer: Okamoto Shinzo (岡本伸三), Yoshioka Kazuhiko (吉岡和彦)
 * Director: Inoue Tsuyoshi (井上剛), Nishimura Takegoro (西村武五郎), Ichiki Masae (一木正恵)
 * Music: Otomo Yoshihide (大友良英)