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"Who are you after all, Moonlight Mask?"
―Gekko Kamen opening theme lyric[src]

Gekko Kamen (月光仮面(げっこうかめん), Gekkō Kamen, lit. "Moonlight Mask") is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments.

Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.

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Characters[]

Gekko Kamen[]

Gekko Kamen Juro Iwai (presumably)

Villains and Monsters[]


Episodes[]

Chapters[]

  • Skull Mask (どくろ仮面 - Dokuro Kamen) - Episodes 1-72, 72 episodes (February 24, 1958-May 17, 1958)
  • The Secret of the Paradai Kingdom (パラダイ王国の秘密 - Paradai Ōkoku no Himitsu) - Episodes 73-93, 21 episodes (May 25, 1958-October 12, 1958)
  • Mammoth Kong (マンモスコング - Manmosu Kongu) - Episodes 94-104, 11 episodes (October 19, 1958-December 26, 1958)
  • The Ghost Party Strikes Back (幽霊党の逆襲 - Yureitō no Gyakushū) - Episodes 105-117, 13 episodes (January 4, 1959-March 29, 1959)
  • Don't Turn Your Hand to Revenge (その復讐に手を出すな - Sono Fukushū ni Te wo Dasu na) - Episodes 118-131, 14 episodes (April 5, 1959-July 5, 1959)


Movies[]

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To coincide with the TV series, Toei produced the Gekko Kamen theatrical movies. This was Toei's first involvement in the tokusatsu genre (although their first original superhero production was the TV series Nana-iro Kamen in 1959). All movies are feature film adaptations of the show's story arcs, and were filmed in "ToeiScope".

For these movie versions, Jūrō Iwai/Moonlight Mask was played by Fumitake Omura

  • Moonlight Mask (月光仮面 - Gekkō Kamen) July 30, 1958; Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi
  • Moonlight Mask - Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters (月光仮面 - 絶海の死斗 - Gekkō Kamen - Zekkai no Shitō) August 6, 1958; Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi
  • Moonlight Mask - The Claw of Satan (月光仮面 - 魔人〈サタン〉の爪 - Gekkō Kamen - Satan no Tsume) December 22, 1958; Directed by Eijiro Wakabayashi.
  • Moonlight Mask - The Monster Kong (月光仮面 - 怪獣コング - Gekkō Kamen - Kaijū Kongu) April 1, 1959; Directed by Satoru Ainoda
  • Moonlight Mask - The Ghost Party Strikes Back (月光仮面 - 幽霊党の逆襲 - Gekkō Kamen - Yureitō no Gyakushū) July 28, 1959; Directed by Shoichi Shimazu
  • Moonlight Mask - The Last of the Devil (月光仮面 - 悪魔の最後 - Gekkō Kamen - Akuma no Saigo) August 4, 1959, Directed by Shoichi Shimazu


Movie(1981)[]

Gekko kamen THE MOON MASK RIDER

Another movie, a remake of the original series was released in 1981.


Notes[]

  • Gekko Kamen holds the distinct honor of being one of the highest rated tokusatsu superhero shows in Japanese TV history, averaging at 67.8% of Japan's TV viewing audience.


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