The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

The Man of the Tokyo Olympics (2014)

TV 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...

Director: Masaki Nishiura
Writer: Toshio Terada

Casts

	Takao Osawa as Fred Isamu Wada
	Takako Tokiwa as Masako Wada
	Yuriko Ono as Grace Miyako Wada [Eldest daughter]
	Mei Nagano as Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]
	Yōsuke Asari as Junior Tokio Wada
	Suzu Hirose as Mary Mariko Wada
	Tsubasa Honda as Nina
	Masato Hagiwara as Kitajima Yoshihiko
	Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Hatta Ichiro
	Ken Mitsuishi as Kiyokawa Shoji
	Ryo Katsuji as Hashizume Shiro
	Rina Endou as Grace Miyako Wada (Child)

Crew