Ninja Captor
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.
Year: 1977
Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Kids
Country: Japan
Studio: Tokyo Channel 12
Director: Saburo Yatsude
Cast: Sen Utsumi, Yuko Matsuba, Daisuke Ban, Hiroyuki Satou, Sanpei Godai, Ai Nogawa
Crew: Tôru Hirayama (Producer), Yoshiharu Aihara (Director of Photography), Akihiro Komori (Original Music Composer), Sakuji Abe (Sound Effects), Saburo Yatsude (Original Story), Mikio Matsushita (Teleplay)
First Air Date: Apr 07, 1976
Last Air date: Jan 26, 1977
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 43 Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 2.00 users
Popularity: 30.237
Language: Japanese
Season
Season 1
Episode
7 Ninjas standing at Tokyo Tower
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Episode 42
The End of Nindou Kurayami