Nanairo Kamen

ActionAdventureMystery

Release

3 Jun 1959

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

Overview

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.

Plot

Young detective Kotarô Ran, able to change into seven different personalities (including the masked avenger, Spectrum Mask) fights assorted evil.

Cast

Susumu WajimaShin'ichi ChibaRikiya Iwaki

Season 1

Air Date:4 Jun 1959

Available

Seasons

7 Seasons

Episode 1

The hero of this series is a young detective named Kotarō Ran, unknown to anyone (even his friends), is a master of disguise, utilizing seven different personalities. Most of his disguises are odd characters, like a magician and a cigar-smoking Indian, but Kotarō's 7th disguise is the 2-gun-toting caped, golden-masked superhero, Seven Color Mask!

Runtime:30m

Air Date:4 Jun 1959Available