Iron King

Iron King is a science fiction action adventure TV series created by Mamoru Sasaki that follows Japan's National Security Organization's fight against robot warriors sent out by the vengeful Shiranui Clan to destroy the country It seems that the Shiranui Clan has been holding on to a grudge for over two thousand years and now they have taken out their revenge on the unsuspecting Japanese people. When the government sends heroic and somewhat merciless agent Gentaro Shizuka (Shoji Ishibashi), often helped by the bespectacled and clumsy Goro Kirishima (Mitsuo Hamada), dressed as a singing cowboy and a mountaineer, it seems the only hope against the giant robot warriors is Goro's ability to transform into a giant cybernetic robot called Iron King. When Goro's Iron King persona seems to lag due to dehydration, Gentaro joins the scuffle as the Iron Belt, a giant weapon to strike out at the enemy. Iron King is one of Japan's Tokusatsu TV series that feature superheroes with a high amount of special effects and joins the ranks of other series such as Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai. MORE