Moonlight Mask (1958)
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.
- First aired
- 1958-02-24
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family, Mystery
- Seasons
- 5 (130 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Kōhan Kawauchi
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Koichi Ose as Juro Iwai
- Kanichi Tani as Gorohachi Fukuro
- Yukie Nunoji as Kaboko
- Toshiyasu Hiyoshi as Shige
- Noriko Yamada as Konomi
- Ryuzo Chiba as Chief Detective Matsuda
- Tanaka Kuniaki as Reporter Yamamoto
- Seizo Kato as Policeman Kitamura
- Koichi Kitamura as Policeman Yasui
- Fumiko Fujiwara as Setsuko Yamamoto
- Masayasu Takato as Dr. Shirakami
- Mike Daneen as Snyder