Series

Nanairo Kamen

1959 · 7 seasons · Action & Adventure · Drama · Family

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.

Sonny Chiba

Kotaro Ran

Isamu Yamaguchi

Kaneari Samon

Koji Sahara

Yamamoto's subordinate

Tatsuya Kitayama

Yamamoto's subordinate

Kenji Todoroki

Yamamoto's subordinate

Akira Iwakami

Yamamoto's subordinate

Genji Kawai

Inspector Yamamoto

Kosaku Okano

Yamamoto's subordinate

Shinji Nakahara

Yamamoto's subordinate

Yuji Kitamine

Yamamoto's subordinate

Mayumi Fujisato

Yumi Ichijô

Katsuko Akutsu

Seiho Shirakawa

Etsuko Sakurai

Kohei Taguchi

First aired

June 3, 1959

Last aired

June 30, 1960

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

57

Genres

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

• Season 112 episodes · 1959
• Season 26 episodes · 1959
• Season 37 episodes · 1959
• Season 46 episodes · 1959
• Season 56 episodes · 1960
• Season 67 episodes · 1960
• Season 713 episodes · 1960