Director
Screenwriter
Main Role
- Nakamura Kankuro VI Main Role
- Ayase Haruka Main Role
- Abe Sadawo Main Role
- Beat Takeshi Main Role
Support Role
- Yakusho KojiKano Jigoro [First deputy director of the Japan Sports Association]Support Role
- Iwamatsu RyoKishi Seiichi [Second director and attorney of the Japan Sports Association]Support Role
- Takenouchi YutakaOmori Hyozo [Director of the Stockholm Olympics Japan Team]Support Role
- Charlotte Kate FoxOmori Aniko / Annie Barrows Shepley [Hyozo's wife]Support Role
- Furutachi KanjiKani Isao [Professor]Support Role
- Sugimoto TettaNagai Doumei [Professor]Support Role
- Nagayama KentoNoguchi Genzaburo [Student]Support Role
- Terajima ShinobuNikaiso Tokuyo [Professor]Support Role
- Nagashima ToshiyukiTakeda Chiyosaburo [Vice Chairman of the Japan Sports Association]Support Role
- Otani RyosukeHinamura Ryozo [Vice Chairman of the Japan Sports Association]Support Role
- Tsukamoto ShinyaSoejima Michimasa [IOC member]Support Role
- Kato MasayaSugimura Yotaro [IOC member]Support Role
- Mine GouichiFukuda Genzo [Teacher]Support Role
- Maehara KouHirata [Student]Support Role
- Ami 201Toku Sanpo [Student]Support Role
- Takahashi ShuheiHashimoto Saburo [Student]Support Role
- Sugawara KenSaito Kenkichi [Student]Support Role
- Nakamura Shido IIKanakuri Sanetsugu [Shiso's brother]Support Role
- Taguchi TomorowoKanakuri Nobuhiko [Shiso's father]Support Role
- Miyazaki YoshikoKanakuri Shie [Shiso's mother]Support Role
- Kawamo ChiakiKanakuri KiyomeSupport Role
- Yoshida KakeruKanakuri Hatsutaro [Shiso's nephew]Support Role
- Satoi KentaDoctor Haruno [Suya's father]Support Role
- Takahashi YouIkebe Shigeyuki [Suya's first husband]Support Role
- Otake ShinobuIkebe Ikue [Shigeyuki's mother]Support Role
- Katsuji RyoMikawa Hidenobu [Shiso's friend]Support Role
- Aso KumikoSakai Kikue / Tabata Kikue [Masaji's wife]Support Role
- Yoshikawa AiTabata Atsuko [Masaji's daughter]Support Role
- Ikuta TomaMishima Yahiko [Student of Imperial University]Support Role
- Ozawa YukiyoshiMishima Yataro [Yahiko's brother]Support Role
- Shiraishi KayokoMishima Wakako [Yahiko's mother]Support Role
- Sugisaki HanaShima [Maid] / Komatsu Riku [Shima's daughter]Support Role
- Emoto TasukuMasuno [Shima's husband]Support Role
- Kamiki RyunosukeGorin / Komatsu Kinji [Shima & Masuno's grandson]Support Role
- Kawaei RinaChie [Gorin's girlfriend]Support Role
- Nakano TaigaKomatsu Masaru [Gorin's father]Support Role
- Mitsushima ShinnosukeYoshioka Shinkei [Member of the Tengu Club]Support Role
- Kondo KoenNakazawa Rinsen [Member of the Tengu Club]Support Role
- Takei SoShunro Oshikawa [Founder of Tengu Club]Support Role
- Miyake HirokiKurosaka Shinsaku ["Harimaya" owner]Support Role
- Pierre TakiKurosaka Shinsaku (Ep. 4-10)Support Role
- Saito YoshikiKurosaka Katsuzo [Shinsaku's son]Support Role
- Sato MayumiKurosaka Cho [Shinsaku's wife]Support Role
- Kuroshima YuinaMurata Tomie [Student]Support Role
- Kita KanaKajiwara [Student]Support Role
- Itao ItsujiMurata Daisaku [Asakusa practitioner, Tomie's father]Support Role
- Hashimoto AiKoume [Prostitute]Support Role
- Mineta KazunobuSei-san [A big brother to Kozo]Support Role
- Tosa KazunariMinobe Moriyuki [Kozo's father]Support Role
- Sakaki HideoTokuju [Gangster]Support Role
- Yakushimaru HirokoMarie [Owner of the bar "Rose"]Support Role
- Toyama ToshiyaShimizu KamejiroSupport Role
- Kubo ChukichiOhno [Doctor]Support Role
- Cunning Takeyama["Suimei-tei" cafeteria owner]Support Role
- Issey OgataNagata Hidejiro [14th mayor of Tokyo]Support Role
- KitaroUshizuka Torataro [15th Mayor of Tokyo]Support Role
- Negishi ToshieTabata Ura [Masaji's mother]Support Role
- Uchimura HarukaTabata Shokichi [Masaji's older brother]Support Role
- Katayama MoemiChii-chanSupport Role
- Aoi YoUchida Seiren [Student]Support Role
- Ochida YuheiOnoda [Swimmer]Support Role
- Yazaki HiroshiSawada Eiichi [Student at Meiji University]Support Role
- Fukuyama KoheiMiura Yahei [Student at Waseda University]Support Role
- Sugawara KoharuKinue Hitomi [Highschool student]Support Role
- Matsukawa NarukiOda Mikio [Triple jump player]Support Role
- Inowaki KaiSakai Yoshinori [Student at Waseda University]Support Role
- Minagawa SarutokiMatsuzawa Ikkaku [Swimmer]Support Role
- Miura TakahiroNoda Kazuo [Swimmer]Support Role
- Saitoh Takumi Support Role
- Daito ShunsukeTsuruta Yoshiyuki [Swimmer]Support Role
- Kamishiraishi MokaMaehata Hideko [Swimmer]Support Role
- Nakajima ShokoMaehata Mitsue [Hideko's mother]Support Role
- Kan SuonMaehata Fukutaro [Hideko's father]Support Role
- Hayashi KentoOyokota Tsutomu [Swimmer]Support Role
- Nishiyama JunMiyazaki Yasuji [Swimmer]Support Role
- Maeda OshiroKoike Reizo [Swimmer]Support Role
- Kiryuu MaiMatsuzawa Hatsuo [Swimmer]Support Role
- Tokui YoshimiDaimatsu Hirobumi [Director of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Nakagome SachikoOmatsu Michiyo [Hirobumi's wife]Support Role
- Ando SakuraKasai Masae [Captain of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Nozoe YoshihiroKasai Masayo [Masae's father]Support Role
- Sakai KoharuTanida Kinuko [Player of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Izumikawa MihoMiyamoto Emiko [Player of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Matsunaga NagisaHanda Yuriko [Player of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Tanaka ShenMatsumura Yoshiko [Player of the Nissho Kaizuka Women's Volleyball Club]Support Role
- Lily FrankyOgata Taketora [Director of Asahi Shimbun Organization]Support Role
- Yamaji KazuhiroMurayama Ryohei [President of Asahi Shimbun Organization]Support Role
- JiroOtaka [Asahi Shimbun Organization member]Support Role
- Matsumoto TortoiseKasai Sansei [NHK announcer]Support Role
- Nozoe SeijiMatsuuchi Norizo [NHK announcer]Support Role
- Wada MasatoYamamoto Teru [NHK announcer]Support Role
- Watanabe DaichiHisaya Morishige [NHK announcer]Support Role
- Masaoka TaishiKitade [NHK announcer]Support Role
- Yamamoto MizukiHonjo [Reporter]Support Role
- Yamanaka SoToki Zenmaru [Director of Social Affairs, Yomiuri Shimbun]Support Role
- Kondo EminaNakajimaSupport Role
- Kai Hoshino SandyJacob [German interpreter]Support Role
- Ikeda Akana Support Role
- HaruKomatsu KinjiSupport Role
- Yamamoto YukoMinobe TeuSupport Role
- Komori Takahito Support Role
- Edvin EndreDaniel [Swedish interpreter]Support Role
- Maruyama Hiroyuki Support Role
- Takemori SentoOmura Kan [Yomiuri Shimbun reporter]Support Role
- Honma TsuyoshiTerada [Hochi newspaper employee]Support Role
- Harumi ShihouOgasawara [Minister of Education]Support Role
- Inoue Hajime Support Role
- Hamano KentaIto Hirobumi [1st Prime Minister]Support Role
- Kiritani KentaKono Ichiro [Minister]Support Role
- Hagiwara KenichiTakahashi Korekiyo [20th Prime Minister]Support Role
- Kobayashi KatsuyaMiura Goro [Privy Council Advisor]Support Role
- Shiomi SanseiInukai Tsuyoshi [29th Prime Minister]Support Role
- Asano TadanobuKawashima Shojiro [Politician]Support Role
- Okochi HiroshiFukunaga Giin [Member of Parliament]Support Role
- Tatekawa DanshunIkeda Hayato [Prime Minister]Support Role
- Hiraizumi SeiOkuma Shigenobu [President of Waseda University]Support Role
- Tsuji KazunagaKano Hisanoshi [Chairman of Nippon Sport Science University]Support Role
- BengalTajima Kinji [Professor at Kyoto Imperial University]Support Role
- Shibuya KentoNakahashi [Lieutenant]Support Role
- Chiba TetsuyaUmezu Yoshijiro [Under Secretary of the Army]Support Role
- Matsuzaka ToriIwata Yukiaki [Director of External Relations at the Games Organizing Committee]Support Role
- Matsushige YutakaAzuma Ryotaro [Doctor]Support Role
- Tsutsui MarikoAzuma Teruko [Ryotaro's wife]Support Role
- Arai AtsushiAzuma Hirohiko [Ryotaro's son]Support Role
- Inoue JunTsushima Juichi [Chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee]Support Role
- Hirahara TetsuOshima Kenkichi [Tokyo Organizing committee]Support Role
- Sudo RenFukiura Tadamasa [In charge of the national flag of the Games Organizing Committee]Support Role
- Kakuta AkihiroMorinishi Eiichi [Taxi driver]Support Role
- Kawashima UmikaOgawara Yasuko [Tournament interpreter]Support Role
- Nakamaru ShinshoYosano Shigeru [Former diplomat]Support Role
- Hoshino GenHirasawa Kazushige [Diplomatic critic]Support Role
- Iwai HidetoKitahara Hideo [Ministry of Foreign Affairs official]Support Role
- Matsuda RyuheiTange Kenzo [Architect]Support Role
- Kuroda DaisukeMurakami Nobuo [Chef of the Imperial Hotel]Support Role
- Suruga TaroMatsushita Haruhide [Captain of the Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse]Support Role
- Mitani KokiIchikawa Kon [Film director]Support Role
- Ishida HoshiNishimura Katsushige [Member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse]Support Role
- Inoue TakuyaFujinawa Tadashi [Member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse]Support Role
- Ikenami ShinoShimizu Rin / Orin / Rin [Shinsho's wife]Support Role
- KahoShimizu Rin [Teen]Support Role
- Koizumi KyokoKokontei Mitsuko [Shinsho's daughter]Support Role
- Moriyama MiraiMinobe Kyoji [Shinsho's son] | Kokontei Shinsho [Teen]Support Role
- Wakabayashi JieiMinobe Kiyoshi [Shinsho's son]Support Role
- Sakai MikiMinobe Kimiko [Shinsho's daughter]Support Role
- Arakawa YoshiyoshiImamatsu [Disciple of Shinsho]Support Role
- Matsuo SuzukiTachibanaya Enkyo [Storyteller]Support Role
- Emoto TokioMancho [Disciple of Sanyutei Koencho]Support Role
- Yasoda YuichiSanyutei Koencho [Rakugoka]Support Role
- Nakamura IkujiSekiteiSupport Role
- Oda LisaNaomi [Employee of a Japanese restaurant]Support Role
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru[Staff]Support Role
- Imou HarukaKanakuri EtsuSupport Role
- Ohkata HisakoKanakuri SumaSupport Role
- Arai KeitaInageda RunnerSupport Role
- Naganuma IkuyaYokoyama TakashiSupport Role
- Sakai Koichiro Support Role
- Konishi Haru Support Role
Guest Role
- Koinuma Toki Guest Role
- Yoda Tetsuya(Ep. 43)Guest Role
- Shiraishi KentaKanaguri Matasaku [Young]Guest Role
- Kokubo ToshihitoMikami Taku (Ep. 28)Guest Role
- Miyachi Daisuke[newspaper reporter]Guest Role
- Momose SatsukiShiraishi (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Sekiguchi Anam(Ep.46-47)Guest Role
- Itayama Sekai Guest Role
- Tanaka NoaKanakuri SawaGuest Role
- Shinohe Keiko[Cleaner at boarding house] (Ep. 3-8, 13-16, 18-20)Guest Role
- Takeno Shiona Guest Role
- Matsuzaki Ryo Guest Role
- Hiro Ueno Guest Role
- Suetaka Tomu[Regular Extra]Guest Role
- Watari Umanosuke(Ep. 1-3, 6-9, 19)Guest Role
- Yuki Sanae(Ep 29)Guest Role
- Ikeda Satoshi Guest Role
- Enoki SarinaMiyako (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Hoshikawa Yuki[Asahi Shinbun reporter] (Ep. 25-39)Guest Role
- Justin Leeper[Head Official] (ep. 29)Guest Role
- Tagawa Narumi(Ep. 31)Guest Role
- Kojima Shuji[Athlete]Guest Role
- Wakayanagi Kotoko Guest Role
- Kiyota MikuriSuzuki KumieGuest Role
- Sergey Vlasov[Russian train passenger]Guest Role
- Nakayama Kako Guest Role
- Yoshida YoJournalist Yoshida (Ep. 25-38, 44)Guest Role
- Nakamura YuzukiMasuno Riku [Young]Guest Role
- Santoki SomaTabata Masaji [Young]Guest Role
- Hara YuyaTabata Masaji [Teen]Guest Role
- Hashimoto ReiKanikuri Sueko [Baby] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Yoshida Madoka(Ep. 9)Guest Role
- Oshita HirotoKono Ichiro [Young] (Ep. 19, 25)Guest Role
- Nikumaro(Ep. 43-44)Guest Role
- Ichijo Kyosuke[Regular at Club Tengu]Guest Role
- Kanazawa Naoya Guest Role
Unknown
- Takagi Keiichi Unknown
- Yamane AiOkazakiUnknown
- Takeda Toshihiko Unknown
- Akamine Yuu Unknown
- Azuma Keiichiro Unknown
- Shiota Sora Unknown
- Aoki Ippei Unknown
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