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Moonlight Mask

Moonlight Mask

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Overview

Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), 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.

NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Koichi Ose

Koichi Ose

Juro Iwai

Kanichi Tani

Kanichi Tani

Gorohachi Fukuro

Y

Yukie Nunoji

Kaboko

T

Toshiyasu Hiyoshi

Shige

N

Noriko Yamada

Konomi

R

Ryuzo Chiba

Chief Detective Matsuda

T

Tanaka Kuniaki

Reporter Yamamoto

Seizo Kato

Seizo Kato

Policeman Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Policeman Yasui

F

Fumiko Fujiwara

Setsuko Yamamoto

Themes & Keywords

japandetectivemasksuperheromotorcyclekaijuscience fictiontokusatsu

About Moonlight Mask

Moonlight Mask is a action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama, family, mystery series that first aired in 1958 exploring themes of japan, detective, mask, superhero, motorcycle, kaiju. it stars Koichi Ose, Kanichi Tani, Yukie Nunoji. Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), 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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