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Nana-iro Kamen (七色仮面(なないろかめん), Nana-iro Kamen, lit. "7-Color Mask") is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Nana-iro Kamen (新七色仮面, Shin Nana-Iro 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 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 Wajima after Episode 32. This series was "remade" by creator Kawauchi in 1972 as Warrior of Love: Rainbowman, and it is also considered an inspiration behind Go Nagai's Cutie Honey.

Plot[]

The hero of this series is a young detective named Kotarō Ran, who, unbeknownst to anyone (even his friends), is a master of disguise with 7 different personalities. Most of his disguises are odd characters, like a magician and a cigar-smoking Indian, but Kotarō's 7th disguise is the superhero - 7-Color Mask!

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Nana-iro Kamen DVD
Shin Nana-iro Kamen HD
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