Idaten (TV series)

*Idaten*
Idaten
Also known as	Idaten: The Epic Marathon to Tokyo
Written by	Kankurō Kudō
Directed by	Tsuyoshi Inoue (chief)
Starring	Nakamura Kankurō VI; Sadao Abe; Haruka Ayase; Toma Ikuta; Gen Hoshino; Tori Matsuzaka; Kumiko Asō; Hana Sugisaki; Moka Kamishiraishi; Mirai Moriyama; Ryunosuke Kamiki; Ai Hashimoto; Koharu Sugawara; Nakamura Shidō II; Sarutoki Minagawa; Charlotte Kate Fox; Kanji Furutachi; Shinobu Terajima; Yutaka Takenouchi; Yutaka Matsushige; Lily Franky; Tetta Sugimoto; Hiroko Yakushimaru; Tadanobu Asano; Shinobu Otake; Kōji Yakusho;
Narrated by	Takeshi Kitano; Mirai Moriyama; Ryunosuke Kamiki
Opening theme	"Idaten Main Theme" (「いだてんメインテーマ」)
Composer	Otomo Yoshihide
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	47
Production
Producers	Kei Kurube (chief); Takuya Shimizu
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 6 –; December 15, 2019

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. 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.

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