Gekko Kamen was the first real, ongoing full time tokusatsu show on Japanese TV. The show is styled after the American cliffhanger serials with a character you might find in the old pulp magazines. One Gekko Kamen serial even has the first made for TV kaiju, "Mammoth Kong". You can find two episodes of this serial subtitled over at Nanto's site.
The Gekko Kamen TV series was made up of several serialized storylines. Each of those stories wound up being adapted as movies. What we have for you today is the second movie "Duel to the Death in Dangerous Waters" which is based on the first TV serial "Dokuro Kamen" (Skull Mask).
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