The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

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...

Main Cast

Takao Osawa

Fred Isamu Wada

Age : N/A | Popularity : 67%

Takako Tokiwa

Masako Wada

Age : N/A | Popularity : 47%

Yuriko Ono

Wada Grace Miyako

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Rina Endou

Wada Grace Miyako (Child)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Yosuke Asari

Wada Junior Tokio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Suzu Hirose

Mariko Wada

Age : N/A | Popularity : 77%

Tsubasa Honda

Nina

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Masaki Nishiura
Writing	Screenplay	Toshio Terada
Sound	Music	Masahiro Tokuda
	Theme Song Performance	Miyuki Nakajima
Department	Role	Name

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