Fireman

Plot

A strange phenomenon happened throughout the world, causing giant, mutant dinosaurs to suddenly appear. The people of the Aban continent, living underground for the last 12,000 years sends a courageous young man named Misaki to live as an archeologist and SAF (Scientific Attack Force) agent Daisuke Misaki. Whenever monsters and space aliens attack the world, Misaki transforms into Fireman by using the fire-stick, and defends the human race against them.

Production

Productions of both Fireman and Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) involved human and physical resources from the Daiei Film, a major film studio which went bankrupt in 1971. The Daiei Tokyo Studio was utilized for their filmings, and expertises and materials from Daiei's tokusatsu productions such as the Gamera franchise were put into practice by former Daiei staffs.

Cast

Naoya Makoto as Daisuke Misaki / Fireman

Goro Mutsumi as Dr. Gunpachi Umino

Shin Kishida as Dr. Saburo Mizusima

Kishida wrote screenplays ep.12 as Shin Akegawa.

Sei Hiraizumi as Dr. Futoshi Chiba

Keiko Kunihara as Mariko Hayama

Mitsuru Saijō as Fireman (Suit Acting)

Voice of Fireman by Michihiro Ikemizu

Narrated by Ichirō Murakoshi

Staff

Producers

Akira Tsuburaya

Kimihiko Eto (Mannensha)

Yoshikazu Morita (NTV)

Script

Bunzo Wakatsuki

Fumito Imamura

Toyohiro Ando

Shin Kishida

Ikuko Okamoto

Music

Toru Fuyuki

Theme Song by

Asei Kobayashi

Bob Sakuma

Directors of Photography

Toshiyuki Machida

Koji Yokote

Lighting

Masanori Ando

Production Designed by

Osamu Yamaguchi

Assistant Directors

Hiroshi Okamoto

Toshihiko Nakajima

VFX Unit

Cameraman

Yuzo Kaneko

Lighting

Eihachi Kubo

Yukio Ito

Nagaharu Watanabe

Shoichi Uehara

Masao Ohara

Shinichi Fujino

Art Directors & Monster Design

Senkatsu Ikeya, Kazumasa Otani

Assistant Directors

Shiya Nakamura

Masao Kobayashi

Isao Matsumoto

Masahiro Ito

Seishiro Kameda

Setsuo Mizunuma

Wire Operators

Rumichi Kumazawa, Isamu Morohoshi, Haruo Sekiya

Special Effects

Masamichi Takayama

VFX

Minoru Nakano

Scripter Girls

Yuko Morita

Isao Matsumoto

Mayumi Nakamachi

Masahiro Ito

Songs

Opening song

Fireman (ファイヤーマン, Faiyā-man)

Lyrics: Yū Aku

Composition: Asei Kobayashi

Arrangement: Bob Sakuma

Artists: Masato Shimon

Other songs

Shutsugeki! SAF (出撃!SAF, Shutsugeki! Esu-ē-efu; Go attack! SAF)

Lyrics: Hajime Tsuburaya(as Kyouichi Azuma)

Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki

Artists: Columbia Yurikago-kai and The Photons

Honō no Youni Moero (炎のようにもえろ; Burn Like The Flame)

Lyrics: Kyouichi Azuma

Composition and Arrangement: Tōru Fuyuki

Artists: Masato Shimon with The Photons

Haruka Aoi Chitei-ni (はるか青い地底に; In the Depths of the Blue Earth)

Lyrics: Mieko Arima

Composition and Arrangement: Go Misawa

Artists: Masato Shimon

List of episodes

Birth of Fireman (ファイヤーマン誕生, Faiyāman Tanjō)

The Weapon is Science S･A･F (武器は科学だS・A・F, Buki wa Kagaku da Esu-ē-efu)

The Mysterious Spaceship (謎の宇宙船, Nazo no Ucyūsen)

Destroy the Invaders (インベーダーを撃滅せよ, Inbēdā wo gekimetsu seyo)

The Boy Who Fell into the Jurassic Era (ジュラ紀へ落ちた少年, Juraki e ochita shōnen)

The Secret of Planet Gomerous (遊星ゴメロスの秘密, Yūsei-Gomerosu no himitsu)

The Dreadful Space Bacteria (恐怖の宇宙細菌, Kyōfu no ucyū saikin)

The Micro Monster's Fear (ミクロ怪獣の恐怖, Mikuro kaijū no kyōfu)

A Challenge from the Deep Sea (深海からの挑戦, Shinkai karano Chōsen)

The Iron Monster that Attacked Tokyo (鉄の怪獣が東京を襲った, Tetsu no kaiju ga Tōkyō wo osotta.)

Resurrecting the Rock Monster (よみがえる岩石怪獣, Yomigaeru ganseki kaijū)

Earth is the Robot's Graveyard (地球はロボットの墓場, Chikyū wa robotto no hakaba.)

Fear of the Dragon God Swamp (竜神沼の恐怖, Ryūjin-numa no kyōfu)

Run Through the Devil's Sea (悪魔の海を突っ走れ, Akuma no umi wo tsuppashire)

Planet Beldar M13 Command (ベルダー星M13号指令, Berudā-sei emu-jūsan shirei)