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Nanairo Kamen

1959 · 7 seasons · Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 12 episodes (June 3, 1959)
• Season 2 — 6 episodes (August 27, 1959)
• Season 3 — 7 episodes (October 8, 1959)
• Season 4 — 6 episodes (November 26, 1959)
• Season 5 — 6 episodes (January 7, 1960)
• Season 6 — 7 episodes (February 18, 1960)
• Season 7 — 13 episodes (April 7, 1960)

Cast

• Sonny Chiba as Kotaro Ran
• Isamu Yamaguchi as Kaneari Samon
• Koji Sahara as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Tatsuya Kitayama as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Kenji Todoroki as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Akira Iwakami as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Genji Kawai as Inspector Yamamoto
• Kosaku Okano as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Shinji Nakahara as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Yuji Kitamine as Yamamoto's subordinate
• Mayumi Fujisato
• Yumi Ichijô

Details

Created by

Kōhan Kawauchi

First aired

June 3, 1959

Episodes

57

Genres

Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Network

NET

Status

Ended

TMDB score

9.0 / 10 from 1 votes