Choujin Barom-1

10.0

1972•24m

Chojin Barom One (超人バロム・1 Baromu Wan), or Superhuman Barom 1 is a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga series written by Takao Saito, produced two years after the comic was originally released. It stars Hiroyuki Takano as Gentaro Shiratori and Hiroki Izuka as Takeshi Kido, the two protagonists.

Production

Seasons

35 Episodes • Premiered 1972

One night, a monster comes out from a lake and starts attacking the childhood and born-in-the-same-day friends Takeshi Kido and Kentaro Shiratori. When the monster is about to kill both of them, a thing called Kopu calls and tells them that they are the chosen to protect the world from the evil creature, Doruge. Kopu gives a radar to Kentaro and Takeshi and the ability to transform into the powerful superhero, Barom One by joining their hands. Now both boys must destroy the monsters possessed by Doruge.

1. Demon Fish of the Deep Sea Okozeruge

After Kopu gives Takeshi and Kintaro the device, Doruge turns a man into the Stonefish Demon Agent, Okozeruge. While Okozeruge and a group of Antomen are attacking Takeshi and Kintaro, they transform into Barom 1. After a long fight, Barom 1 finally throws Okozeruge off of a catwalk on a tower, killing the Demon Agent but turning the man back to normal. At the end, Kopu dies from unknown causes in a massive explosion.