Za Gaman (ザ・ガマン) "The Endurance" [sic] was a Japanese television program from the 1980s. It is not particularly well-known or remembered in Japan, but it became famous in other countries, particularly the United Kingdom. This is likely due to its appearance on the British television program Clive James on Television and subsequently Tarrant on TV under the name Endurance.

The program was a version of an activity at Japanese universities, the gaman taikai or "endurance contest," where students try to outdo each other in withstanding unpleasant experiences. The TV program featured teams from "name" universities, such as Keio University, who were subjected to various unpleasant ordeals, such as being buried up to the neck in sand or licked by reptiles. The person who endured the longest was declared the winner.