Seven Color Mask
Seven Color Mask | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu |
Created by | KÅhan Kawauchi |
Written by | Kohan Kawauchi, Saburo Yuki and Yoshinari Matsubara |
Directed by | Shoichi Shimatsu, Satoru Noda and Toshio Suzuki |
Starring |
Susumu Namijima Shinichi Chiba |
Opening theme | Song of Seven Color Mask (七色仮é¢ã®æŒ Nanairo Kamen no Uta) |
Composer(s) | Hiro'oki Ogawa |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language(s) | Japanese |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 31 (Seven Color Mask), 26 (New Seven Color Mask) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Distributor | Toei Company |
Release | |
Original network | NET |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | June 03, 1959 – June 30, 1960 |
Seven Color Mask (ä¸ƒè‰²ä»®é¢ Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (æ–°ä¸ƒè‰²ä»®é¢ Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by KÅhan 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 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.
Summary
The hero of this series is a young detective named KotarÅ 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 KotarÅ's 7th disguise is the 2-gun-toting caped, golden-masked superhero, Seven Color Mask! In the first story arc called Cobra Mask (ã‚³ãƒ–ãƒ©ä»®é¢ Kobura Kamen) the ally of justice Seven Color Mask must confront the evil Cobra Mask who terrorizes Japan. In the second story arc King Rose (ã‚ング・ãƒãƒ¼ã‚º Kingu Rozu) an armored car loeaded with 80 million yen is attacked by the Masked Phantom King Rose (ä»®é¢ã®æ€ªäººãƒ»ã‚ングãƒãƒ¼ã‚º Kamen no Kaijin Kingu Rozu). The police and Seven Color Mask must hunt down King Rose. The third story arc is called Red Jaguar (レッド・ジャガー Reddo JagÄ). The fourth story arc is called Three Ace (スリー・エース Suri Esu). This series was "remade" by creator Kawauchi in 1972 as Warrior of Love Rainbowman, and it is also considered an inspiration behind Go Nagai's Cutey Honey.
Staff
- Creator: Yasunori Kawauchi
- Planning: Masahiro Sato, Ohga Yoshifumi
- Screenplay: Yasunori Kawauchi, Saburo Yuki & Yoshinari Matsubara
- Music: Hiroshikyo Ogawa