Hikari Yori Mae ni - Yoake no Sosha Tachi -

[Machine Translation] Kokichi Tsuburaya won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and Kenji Kimihara won the silver medal at the Mexico Olympics four years later. This is a story of two men who were both rivals and friends. Between them, there was a baton that was silently handed to each other in the solitary marathon race.... A moving stage production depicting their lives based on a true story like a tale! --In 1964, runners Kokichi Tsuburaya (Akito Miyazaki) and Kenji Kimihara (Ryo Kimura) ran in the Tokyo Olympics together. Tsuburaya won the bronze medal in an upset by training with his trusted coach, Hiroo Hatano (Masato Wada). Kimihara, who was expected to be the favorite to win the medal, fails to place and decides to retire in disappointment. Tsuburaya, who had been expected by all of Japan to run in the upcoming Olympics in Mexico, gradually loses his form under the pressure of the people around him and the separation from his loved ones. Meanwhile, Kimihara, who had already decided to retire, meets his coach Susumu Takahashi (Mitsuomi Takahashi) and the love of his life, and begins running again, steadily improving his record. The sportswriter Shuji Takarada ( Makoto Nakamura ) follows the two, who are opposites and opposites except for their "running". Just before the Mexico Olympics, Kimihara receives a news. It was the sudden death of Kokichi Tsuburaya.

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東京オリンピックで銅メダルを獲得した円谷幸吉と、その四年後にメキシコオリンピックで銀メダルを獲得した君原健二。ライバルでもあり友人でもあった二人の物語。二人の間には、孤独に走るマラソンという競技の中で無言のうちに手渡されたバトンがあった・・・。物語のような実話をもとに二人の人生を描く、感動の舞台作品! ――1964年、東京オリンピックをともに走ったランナー、円谷幸吉(宮崎秋人)と君原健二(木村了)。円谷は、信頼するコーチ畠野洋夫(和田正人)との二人三脚のトレーニングにより、番狂わせの銅メダルをもぎとった。君原は、優勝候補と期待されるも入賞を逃し、失意のうちに引退を決意する。日本中の期待を背負って、次なるメキシコ五輪へ向けて走り始めた円谷は、周囲の圧力や愛する人たちとの別れを受け、徐々に調子を落としていく。一方、引退の意志を固めていた君原は、コーチの高橋進(高橋光臣)、そして愛する人との出会いよって再び走り始め、順調に記録を伸ばすのだった。「走る」こと以外は好対照であり、正反対なふたりを、スポーツライターの宝田修治(中村まこと)が追っていた。メキシコオリンピック目前、君原のもとにある報せが飛び込む。それは、「円谷幸吉・死去」というあまりにも突然の訃報だった・・・。