Ninja Captor

Ninja Captor

1976 · 1 season · 43 eps · ★ 5.7 · Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Kids

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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.

Directed by Atsuo Okunaka · Written by Masaru Igami

Network: Tokyo Channel 12

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Sen Utsumi Dan Kurokawa
Yuko Matsuba María Sakurakōji
Daisuke Ban Daisuke Izumo
Hiroyuki Sato Keita Izumi
Sanpei Godai Noboru Ōyama
Ai Nogawa Miki Tendō
Kenji Ushio Saburōbei Fukuro
Takamaru Sasaki Hakūn Togakushi
Nobuyuki Nakano Jūrō Ōmori
Masahiro Kamiya Magoyatsu Imura
Shinzō Hotta Retsufū Fūma/Nindō Kurayami
Sanji Kojima

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