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The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

7 average rating
7
Japanese / 145 MIN. / 2014

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The Synopsis

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...

The Cast

Takao OsawaTakako TokiwaYuriko OnoMei NaganoYōsuke AsariSuzu HiroseTsubasa HondaMasato HagiwaraYukiyoshi OzawaKen MitsuishiRyo KatsujiRina Endou

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