Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider

33 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | March 16, 1973

A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider

33 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | March 16, 1973

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider
A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.
Producers Ishimori Productions, Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 飛び出す人造人間キカイダー
Directors Kazuki Nishihara, Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writers Shotaro Ishinomori, Shūkei Nagasaka

Cast

Daisuke Ban

as Jiro / Kikaider

Jun Mizunoe

as Mitsuko Komyoji

Shun Ueda

as Hattori 'Hanpen' Hanpei

Masahiro Kamiya

as Masaru Komyoji

Hajime Izu

as Dr. Komyoji

Mitsuo Andô

as Professor Gill

Yukari Uehara

as Yuka Akizuki

Ichirō Shimizu

as Hiroshi's Father

Hideto Nishimura

as Hiroshi

Masaaki Okabe

as Narrator (voice)