Messenger of Allah (TV series)

Messenger of Allah
Title card for Messenger of Allah
GenreTokusatsu
Created byYasunori Kawauchi
Written byYoshinari Matsubara
Directed byRyutaro Kondo[1]
StarringShin'ichi Chiba
Theme music composerGeorge M. Reed
Opening themeMessenger of Allah (アラーの使者, Arā no Shisha), written by Yasunori Kawauchi, sung by Toshiba Children's Chorus
Ending themeTe no Hira ni Nani wa Naku Tomo (手のひらに何はなくとも), written by Yasunori Kawauchi, sung by Yuji Mine
ComposerNishiyama Noburo
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNET
ReleaseJuly 7 (1960-07-07)[2] –
December 27, 1960 (1960-12-27)
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Messenger of Allah, known in Japan as Allah no Shisha,[a] is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toei Company starring a young Sonny Chiba, at the time known as Shin'ichi Chiba.[3] It was created by writer Yasunori Kawauchi, who was also responsible for creating Moonlight Mask and Seven Color Mask. The series ran from July 7, 1960 to December 27, 1960 on NET (now TV Asahi) for a total of 26 episodes.

  1. ^ "近藤竜太郎 こんどうりゅうたろう". allcinema.net. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ^ 全怪獣怪人 (Zen Kaijū Kaijin). 勁文社 (Keibunsha). 1990-03-24. p. 60. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3. C0676.
  3. ^ 超人画報―国産架空ヒーロー四十年の歩み (Chōjin Gahō Kokusan Kakū Hīrō Yon Jū-nen no Ayumi). Japan: 株式会社竹書房 (Takeshobo Co.Ltd.). November 30, 1995. p. 48. ISBN 4-88475-874-9.


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