PEAKFLIX

忍者キャプター

Original title: 忍者キャプター

Year

1976

Rating

★ 5.7/10

Runtime

25 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Action & Adventure, Komedie, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Familie, Kids

Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.

Cast: Sen Utsumi, Yuko Matsuba, 伴大介, 佐藤博行, 伍代参平, 野川愛, 潮健児, 佐々木孝丸