Tetsujin 28-go (鉄人28号, Tetsujin Nijyu Hachi Gou) is a 1960 tokusatsu produced by Hikari Production and Matsusaki Production. It is a live action televison adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's popular 1956 manga of the same name.
Plot[]
- A loose adaptation of the first few volumes of the then ongoing Tetsujin 28 manga, the plot involves boy detective Shotaro Kaneda ending up in the control of a 2 meter World War II era robot "Tetsujin 28-go" and with help from the Japanese Self Defense Force and Shikishima Heavy Industries, he must stop the terror group "QX" (PX in the original manga) from using robots to terrorize Japan.
Characters[]
- Shotaro Kaneda
- Professor Shikishima
- Kenji Murasame
- Chief Otsuka
- Mrs. Shikishima
- Miyako Shikishima
- Mura Tatsugoro
- Detective Chloroform
- QX leader
- QX Agents
- Hanai Engineer
- Masked Group leader
- Shikishima Engineer
| Tetsujin 26-go |
| Tetsujin 27-go |
| Tetsujin 28-go |
| Mask Robo X |
Cast[]
- Masayuki Naito
- Yamado Ariki
- Yoichiro Mikawa
- Eiko Higashi
- Akemi Todai
- Yuji Kawaita
- Ryosuke Mitamura
- Osamu Kanai
- Mika Masaoka
- Osamu Yamauchi
- Yoshiyoshi Goto
- Kotaro Bando
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
- As of 2021, the 4th and 12th episodes of the show are lost.