Seven Color Mask

Seven Color Mask
GenreTokusatsu
Created byKōhan Kawauchi
Written byKōhan Kawauchi, Saburo Yuki and Yoshinari Matsubara
Directed byShoichi Shimazu, Satoru Noda and Toshio Suzuki
StarringSusumu Namijima
Shinichi Chiba
Opening themeSong of Seven Color Mask (七色仮面の歌, Nanairo Kamen no Uta)
ComposerHiro'oki Ogawa
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of series2
No. of episodes31 (Seven Color Mask), 26 (New Seven Color Mask)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNET
ReleaseJune 3, 1959 (1959-06-03) –
June 30, 1960 (1960-06-30)
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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.