Synopsis
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
Season 11E1Before the Rising of the Sun45m2E2Botchan45m3E3Adventure World45m4E4Manneken Pis45m5E5Not Losing to the Rain45m6E6Oedo Nihonbashi45m7E7The Odd Couple45m8E8Thousands of Enemies May Come45m9E9Farewell, Siberian Railway45m10E10A Midsummer Night's Dream45m11E11One Hundred Years of Solitude45m12E12Full Sun45m13E13Resurrection45m14E14A New World45m15E15Ah, Marriage45m16E16Berlin Wall45m17E17Two for the Road45m18E18Liebestraum45m19E19Hakone Ekiden45m20E20One Way Ticket45m21E21The Cherry Orchard45m22E22The Birth of Venus45m23E23The Good Earth45m24E24The Sower45m25E25The Times They Are A-Changin'45m26E26Born To Run45m27E27Transition45m28E28Run Across the Earth45m29E29California Dreamin45m30E30The Gold Rush45m31E31Top of the World45m32E32The Great Dictator45m33E33Battle Without Honor or Humanity45m34E3422645m35E35Olympia45m36E36Maehata, Go For It45m37E37The Last Supper45m38E38Episode 3845m39E39Episode 3945m40E40Episode 4045m41E41Episode 4145m42E42Episode 4245m43E43Episode 4345m44E44Episode 4445m45E45Episode 4545m46E46Episode 4645m47E47Episode 4745m
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