CinemaOSMovie · 2014 · 2h 25m

The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

70%(1)IMDbTV Movie

After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu (Osawa), an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles. One day, Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship, and offers his family. Several months later, Kiyokawa (Mitsuishi), the Japanese swimming team’s coach, and the swimmers Hashizume (Katsuji), Furubashi (Nakao) and others arrive in the United States. The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records. It is joyous news for Japan. Several years later, Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji (Nishida Toshiyuki), the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics...

Directed byMasaki Nishiura

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 25m
Language
JA
Released
October 11, 2014

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Fred Isamu Wada

Takako Tokiwa

Takako Tokiwa

Masako Wada

Yuriko Ono

Yuriko Ono

Grace Miyako Wada [Eldest daughter]

Mei Nagano

Mei Nagano

Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]

Yōsuke Asari

Yōsuke Asari

Junior Tokio Wada

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Mary Mariko Wada

Tsubasa Honda

Tsubasa Honda

Nina

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Kitajima Yoshihiko

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Hatta Ichiro

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kiyokawa Shoji

Creative team
Directed by
Masaki Nishiura
Written by
Toshio Terada
Toshio Terada

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