Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

National Kid (1960)

National Kid poster
Original title
ナショナルキッド
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
4 seasons, 39 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese TV series from 1960 about a superhero. The character fights against threats using special technology.

retrolightheartedaction-orientednostalgicserials-styleheroicsimple

What happens

National Kid (Japanese: ナショナルキッド, Hepburn: Nashonaru Kiddo) is a Japanese TV series produced by Toei Company in 1960. Broadcast on NET, it was sponsored by Panasonic, then known as Matsushita Electric, to promote the National brand. Although not very famous in Japan, the series has obtained cult status in Brazil, where it was very popular. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?