Idaten (TV series)
2019 taiga drama about Olympic athletes Shiso Kanakuri and Masaji Tabata / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Idaten (TV series)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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]
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Idaten | |
---|---|
Also known as | Idaten: The Epic Marathon to Tokyo |
Written by | Kankurō Kudō |
Directed by | Tsuyoshi Inoue (chief) |
Starring |
|
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)[1] Takuya Shimizu |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NHK |
Release | January 6 (2019-01-06) – December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15) |