TV Series · 1959

Nanairo Kamen

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

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4.0

IMDb

7.3 / 10

11 votes

TMDB

9.0 / 10

1 votes

Local

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Sonny Chiba

Kotaro Ran

Isamu Yamaguchi

Kaneari Samon

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Koji Sahara

Yamamoto's subordinate

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Tatsuya Kitayama

Yamamoto's subordinate

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Kenji Todoroki

Yamamoto's subordinate

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Akira Iwakami

Yamamoto's subordinate

Genji Kawai

Inspector Yamamoto

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Kosaku Okano

Yamamoto's subordinate

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Shinji Nakahara

Yamamoto's subordinate

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Yuji Kitamine

Yamamoto's subordinate

Mayumi Fujisato

Yumi Ichijô

Katsuko Akutsu

Seiho Shirakawa

Etsuko Sakurai

Kohei Taguchi

Itaru Hamada

Yoshiko Nogawa

Takashi Hio

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (12 ep)

1. Episode 1

Jun 3, 1959 · 30 min

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!
2. Episode 2

Jun 10, 1959 · 30 min
3. Episode 3

Jun 17, 1959 · 30 min
4. Episode 4

Jun 24, 1959 · 30 min
5. Episode 5

Jul 1, 1959 · 30 min
6. Episode 6

Jul 8, 1959 · 30 min
7. Episode 7

Jul 15, 1959 · 30 min
8. Episode 8

Jul 22, 1959 · 30 min
9. Episode 9

Jul 29, 1959 · 30 min
10. Episode 10

Aug 5, 1959 · 30 min
11. Episode 11

Aug 12, 1959 · 30 min
12. Episode 12

Aug 19, 1959 · 30 min