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.
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (Season 1)
Before the Rising of the Sun (Episode 1)
Air date: 2019-01-06
Runtime: 45 min
Botchan (Episode 2)
Air date: 2019-01-13
Runtime: 45 min
Adventure World (Episode 3)
Air date: 2019-01-20
Runtime: 45 min
Manneken Pis (Episode 4)
Air date: 2019-01-27
Runtime: 45 min
Not Losing to the Rain (Episode 5)
Air date: 2019-02-03
Runtime: 45 min
Oedo Nihonbashi (Episode 6)
Air date: 2019-02-10
Runtime: 45 min
The Odd Couple (Episode 7)
Air date: 2019-02-17
Runtime: 45 min
Thousands of Enemies May Come (Episode 8)
Air date: 2019-02-24
Runtime: 45 min
Farewell, Siberian Railway (Episode 9)
Air date: 2019-03-03
Runtime: 45 min
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Episode 10)
Air date: 2019-03-10
Runtime: 45 min
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Episode 11)
Air date: 2019-03-17
Runtime: 45 min
Full Sun (Episode 12)
Air date: 2019-03-24
Runtime: 45 min
Resurrection (Episode 13)
Air date: 2019-03-31
Runtime: 45 min
A New World (Episode 14)
Air date: 2019-04-07
Runtime: 45 min
Ah, Marriage (Episode 15)
Air date: 2019-04-14
Runtime: 45 min
Berlin Wall (Episode 16)
Air date: 2019-04-21
Runtime: 45 min
Two for the Road (Episode 17)
Air date: 2019-04-28
Runtime: 45 min
Liebestraum (Episode 18)
Air date: 2019-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
Hakone Ekiden (Episode 19)
Air date: 2019-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
One Way Ticket (Episode 20)
Air date: 2019-05-19
Runtime: 45 min
The Cherry Orchard (Episode 21)
Air date: 2019-05-26
Runtime: 45 min
The Birth of Venus (Episode 22)
Air date: 2019-06-02
Runtime: 45 min
The Good Earth (Episode 23)
Air date: 2019-06-09
Runtime: 45 min
The Sower (Episode 24)
Air date: 2019-06-16
Runtime: 45 min
The Times They Are A-Changin' (Episode 25)
Air date: 2019-06-23
Runtime: 45 min
Born To Run (Episode 26)
Air date: 2019-06-30
Runtime: 45 min
Transition (Episode 27)
Air date: 2019-07-07
Runtime: 45 min
Run Across the Earth (Episode 28)
Air date: 2019-07-14
Runtime: 45 min
California Dreamin (Episode 29)
Air date: 2019-07-21
Runtime: 45 min
The Gold Rush (Episode 30)
Air date: 2019-07-28
Runtime: 45 min
Top of the World (Episode 31)
Air date: 2019-08-04
Runtime: 45 min
The Great Dictator (Episode 32)
Air date: 2019-08-11
Runtime: 45 min
Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Episode 33)
Air date: 2019-08-18
Runtime: 45 min
226 (Episode 34)
Air date: 2019-08-25
Runtime: 45 min
Olympia (Episode 35)
Air date: 2019-09-01
Runtime: 45 min
Maehata, Go For It (Episode 36)
Air date: 2019-09-08
Runtime: 45 min
The Last Supper (Episode 37)
Air date: 2019-09-15
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 38 (Episode 38)
Air date: 2019-09-22
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 39 (Episode 39)
Air date: 2019-09-29
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 40 (Episode 40)
Air date: 2019-10-06
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 41 (Episode 41)
Air date: 2019-10-13
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 42 (Episode 42)
Air date: 2019-10-20
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 43 (Episode 43)
Air date: 2019-10-27
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 44 (Episode 44)
Air date: 2019-11-03
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 45 (Episode 45)
Air date: 2019-11-10
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 46 (Episode 46)
Air date: 2019-11-17
Runtime: 45 min
Episode 47 (Episode 47)
Air date: 2019-11-24
Runtime: 45 min
