Idaten_(TV_series)

<i>Idaten</i> (TV series)

Idaten (TV series)

2019 taiga drama about Olympic athletes Shiso Kanakuri and Masaji Tabata

Idaten: Tokyo Orinpikku-banashi (いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺〜, Idaten: The Epic Marathon to Tokyo) is a Japanese historical drama television series and the 58th NHK taiga drama. It stars Nakamura Kankurō VI and Sadao Abe as marathon runner Shiso Kanakuri and swimming coach Masaji Tabata respectively.[2][3] It began broadcasting in 2019 as part of the lead up to the 2020 Summer Olympics for which NHK was, under the Japan Consortium, principal co-host broadcaster. This drama marks the 55th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympics, which the NHK broadcast. It is the second post-war taiga drama in NHK history (the first was Inochi: Life in 1986) and the last series to premiere in the Heisei era and the first series to air during the Reiwa era. The series received an average rating of 8.2%, the lowest in history for a taiga drama.[4]

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Plot

The drama focuses on the stories of two Japanese Olympians from different times of the 20th century: marathon runner Shiso Kanakuri, who took part in the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics and one of the first Japanese athletes to compete in the Games, and swimming coach Masaji Tabata, known as a founding father of Japanese swimming and was part of the successful efforts to bring the Olympics to Japan.[5]

Cast

Starring

Kanakuri family

  • Nakamura Shidō II as Sanetsugu Kanakuri, Shiso's brother
  • Tomorowo Taguchi as Nobuhiko Kanakuri, Shiso's father
  • Yoshiko Miyazaki as Shie Kanakuri, Shiso's mother
  • Hisako Ōkata as Suma Kanakuri, Shiso's grandmother

Ikebe family

  • Haruka Ayase as Suya Haruno, Shiso's wife
    • Riri Harashima as young Suya
  • Shinobu Otake as Ikue Ikebe, Shiso's adoptive mother
  • Yō Takahashi as Shigeyuki Ikebe, Suya's deceased husband

Tabata family

  • Kumiko Asō as Kikue, Masaji's wife
  • Toshie Negishi as Ura Tabata, Masaji's mother
  • Haruka Uchimura as Shōkichi Tabata, Masaji's older brother
  • Ai Yoshikawa as Atsuko Tabata, Masaji's daughter

Mishima family

Shiso's friends

  • Hana Sugisaki as Shima, Gorin's grandmother, and Riku, Gorin's mother
  • Tasuku Emoto as Masuno, Shima's husband and Riku's father
  • Taiga Nakano as Masaru Komatsu, Riku's husband and Gorin's father
  • Hiroki Miyake as Shinsaku Kurosaka (eps. 16 onwards)
  • Mayumi Satō as Chō Kurosaka, Shinsaku's wife
  • Ryo Katsuji as Hidenobu Mikawa
  • 201 Ami as Sanpo Toku

JOC / Japan Amateur Athletic Association

Japanese members of the IOC

Japan Swimming Federation

The people living in Asakusa

Asahi Shimbun

Tengu Club

Other athletes

Other politicians

Foreigners

NHK

Other journalists

Others

Production

On November 16, 2016, NHK announced that its 58th taiga drama will be about Japan's participation in the Olympic Games from 1912 up to 1964, with Kankurō Kudō as writer and Tsuyoshi Inoue as chief director.[1][7] The drama series' title, Idaten: Tokyo Orinpikku-banashi (subtitle: "A Tale of the Tokyo Olympics"), was revealed on April 4, 2017.[8]

Casting

The main cast of the series was announced on November 1, 2017, which included Nakamura Kankurō VI, Sadao Abe, Haruka Ayase, Toma Ikuta, Hana Sugisaki, Kento Nagayama, and Ryo Katsuji among others.[9] The second cast announcement on November 29, 2017, included Takeshi Kitano as Kokontei Shinshō V.[10] The third cast announcement on March 30, 2018, included Tomorowo Taguchi, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Kenta Satoi, and Yō Takahashi.[11] The fourth cast announcement on December 14, 2018, included Gen Hoshino, Tori Matsuzaka, and Yutaka Matsushige.[12] The fifth cast announcement on March 5, 2019, included Shinobu Terajima, Yuina Kuroshima, Koharu Sugawara, Kaho, and Itsuji Itao.[13] Two more cast announcements were done on April 24 and May 17, 2019.[14][15]

On March 12, 2019, actor-musician Masanori "Pierre" Taki, who portrayed the role of tabi craftsman Shinsaku Kurosaka, was arrested in Tokyo due to his admission of drug use. This came after authorities searched his home in Setagaya Ward and tested him positive for cocaine use from a urine sample.[16] He was eventually replaced by Hiroki Miyake in the series.[17]

TV schedule

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Omnibus

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International version

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Home media

The first 13 episodes and 11 succeeding episodes of Idaten were released in separate Blu-ray box sets in Japan on April 24, 2020.[19][20] DVD edition box sets were also released on the same day.[21][22] Episodes 25 to 36 and 37 to 47 were later released in separate Blu-ray box sets as well on May 22, 2020,[23][24] along with their respective DVD versions.[25][24]

Soundtracks

  • Idaten Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack (Release date: March 6, 2019)[26]
  • Idaten Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack Part Two (Release date: July 24, 2019)[27]
  • Idaten Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack Final (Release date: November 20, 2019)[28]

Awards

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Memorable quotes

  • Jigorō Kanō: We mustn't burden athletes with the pressure to win. It's about competing fairly, for peace. Competing with respect for your opponent. That's the spirit of the Olympics, just like Japan's martial arts. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 1)
  • Jigorō Kanō: Earlier, I dreamt of an Idaten (god of running). He was so fast. He had the legs of an antelope. The face of an elephant. Holding a victory cup. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 1)
  • Jigorō Kanō: (To Shiso Kanakuri) Look! 2 hours, 32 minutes, 45 seconds. You've broken the world record! Kanakuri, you're our Idaten to take on the world! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 1)
  • Shiso Kanakuri: (Writing in his diary) July 6, 1912, Sunny. The day has arrived. Mishima holds the flag, I hold the placard. No other athletes on our team. A procession of two. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 2)
  • Shiso Kanakuri: (To Yahiko Mishima, who has lost his self-confidence after training with towering Westerners) Our one step forward is a step for all Japanese! Don't forget that. No matter how fast or slow we are, our steps have meaning! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 2)
  • Portuguese Athlete: (Mourning the death of his teammate Francisco Lázaro, who has competed with Shiso Kanakuri in the marathon and collapsed during the race at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics) Lázaro... Such a poor man... Such a poor man. 42 degrees of fever. He's been rushed to the hospital. And in his death bed, he's still running. He's always running... always running... until his last breath. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 2)
  • Masaji Tabata: (To Korekiyo Takahashi, Japanese Minister of Finance) We can't just rely on donations anymore. In rich countries, sports are popular nationwide. You politicians should use sports to your advantage. Give us money, and you'll have a say. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 3)
  • Kinue Hitomi: (After losing the women's 100m sprint in semifinals at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, wildly sobbing) May I run in the 800 tomorrow? Men can go home defeated, but a woman cannot. They'll say women are no good. They'll laugh and say it's pointless to try and run like a man! I'm carrying the hopes of all female athletes. All their dreams will end because of me! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 3)
  • Japanese-American Old Man: (To Masaji Tabata, just after the Japanese swimming team has won a bunch of medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics) Today, a white person spoke to me. What do you think he said? [...] "Are you Japanese? Congratulations!" [...] What's important is he talked to me. It's been 27 years since I came to the United States. This was the first time. A white person holding my hand, saying, "Congratulations! Congratulations!" I've never been happier in my life. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 3)
  • Hideko Maehata: (To Masaji Tabata) Stop saying Ganbare (Do your best)! If doing my best was good enough, I would've won in Los Angeles! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 4)
  • Martha Genenger: (To Hideko Maehata, just after losing to Maehata in the women's 200m breaststroke event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, with a big smile) Let's swim again sometime! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 4)
  • Reizo Koike: My cousin enlisted [as a soldier]. We're basically the same age. I feel guilty. I can't focus on swimming. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 4)
  • Masaji Tabata: (To Jigorō Kanō, who is adamant about holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo on schedule) I beg you. Please... Give back the Games. We can't do this. It's disrespectful to the Olympics under these circumstances. I understand how you feel. It's excruciatingly embarrassing. But know this. The only person who can do it, is you. [...] Is this the Japan you want to show the world? [...] Think of the future. Think! If you gracefully bow out now, after the war we'll have another chance. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 4)
  • Masaji Tabata: (As Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers and not allowed to take part in the 1948 London Olympics) I was enraged, so we held The Other Olympics. [...] Same day, same time as the swimming events. The exact same schedule. (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 5)
  • Masaji Tabata: (To Kazushige Hirasawa, who is not keen on Tokyo becoming the host city for the 1964 Olympics) We did some awful, disgusting things in Asia. We must do something fun for people! Too early? You must be kidding. It's almost too late! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 5)
  • Kazushige Hirasawa: (At an IOC session to select the host city for the 1964 Olympics) I have here with me a textbook used by the sixth graders at Japanese primary schools. Seven pages of this textbook are devoted to an article called "The Flag with Five Circles." The article begins this way. "Olympics. Olympics. Our hearts jump a bit when we hear these words. Athletes gather from all over the world, hoisting aloft their national flags. The athletes compete against each other under the same rules and the same conditions. Peoples from widely separated parts of the world develop friendship while vying for victory. It might be said that the Olympic Games form the biggest festival of youth dedicated to peace." Is this not the time for the fifth continent represented by the Olympic Circles to let the Olympic Games come to the continent Asia? (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 5)
  • Masaji Tabata: (To Yukiaki Iwata, watching together the closing ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where the athletes rush the field, sometimes arm in arm or riding piggyback, in a disorganized and chaotic spectacle) Iwata, once more, I need to... express my gratitude. Thank you. It was perfect! They were my Olympics. Now they're everybody's! (IDATEN The Epic Marathon to Tokyo: Episode 6)

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