The Super Girl
The Super Girl[1] (ザ・スーパーガール, Za Sūpāgāru, sometimes referred to as Supergirl[2]) television series is a Japanese crime drama. Originally broadcast between April 2, 1979 and March 17, 1980, lasting 51 episodes, the series featured an all-female cast, not unlike the earlier series Playgirl. Supergirl, however, was primarily based upon the American television series Charlie's Angels and the softcore pornography films produced by Nikkatsu.
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Also known as | Supergirl |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 51 |
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Original network | Tokyo Channel 12 |
Original release | April 2, 1979 – March 17, 1980 |
Similarities
Despite the superficial similarities, Supergirl is vastly different from Playgirl. Featuring far more serious plots and less comic relief, as well as highly eroticised situations wherein the characters wore a variety of revealing and fetish outfits, including bikinis and schoolgirl uniforms, these elements of the series were a deliberate attempt by its producer Toei to create a more "adult" series. This can even be seen in the episode titles, such as episode one, "Seven Sexy Cats Make Their Explosive Debut", or episode nineteen, "Nude Battle Against the Wolf Pack".
Characters and cast
The main characters of the series are members of "SG7" (short for Super Girl Seven), an all-female detective agency. Their leader was portrayed by Yōko Nogiwa; the other primary actors in the series are Janet Hatta, Linda Yamamoto, Rei Maki, Reiko Tatsu, June Izumi, Naomi Tanaka, Megumi Shindo, and Akiko Hyuga.
- Hirose, Yuko (Nagiwa, Yoko) cool-headed leader
- Eimoto, Ritsuko (Janet Hata) field commander
- Fujimura, Mari (Yamamoto, Linda) intelligence gatherer and informant
- Nagatani, Rie (Maki, Rei) wild cat
- Sasaki, Kaoru (Tatsu, Reiko) cry baby
- Shiraishi, Mika (Izumi, June) troublemaker
- Namiki, Etsuko (Tanaka, Naomi) youngest
- Hayakawa, Noriko (Shindo, Megumi) undercover specialist
- Mizuki, Mayumi (Hyuga, Akiko) sukeban (juvenile) idol
Episodes
- 1. Shichinin No Sexy Cats Ga Ima Gekiteki Ni ("Seven Sexy Cats Make Their Explosive Debut")
- 2. Pink No Hada Wa Kira Nama Ni Maeta ("Her Pink Flesh Was Burned Raw")
- 3. Osoku Memo - Hadaka No Onna Otoshi Ana ("Corruption Memo -Cave of The Nude Woman")
- 4. Fever No Yoru - Model Wa Zennan De Shinu ("Night Fever - A Model Dies Naked")
- 5. Thiller! Nureta Hadaka Onna Ga Yami Ni Koku ("Thriller! A Wet Nude Woman Wails In The Dark")
- 6. Nerawareta Ring No JouOh ("To Steal The Queen's Ring")
- 7. Jiyoshu Tatsukoku Niyotai Ni Shitaketa Wana ("Jail Break From The Woman's Prison. A Woman's Trap")
- 8. Onna Ou Nerau Kuroi Kage Ou Ouu ("A Black Shadow Stalks The Woman")
- 9. Shinkoku Shoya Ijou Na Dekikoto ("A Newly Wed's Strange First Night Experience")
- 10. Baishunfu Koroshi Kiyushi Keibu ("A Prostitute's Death - An Uneasy Inspector")
- 11. Onna Wa Ipatsu Jiyobu Suru ("A Woman's Instant Victory")
- 12. Shiroi Niyubo Ga Tama Ou Yobu ("A Woman's White Breast Call Forth The Spirits")
- 13. Onna Dragon Kurenai No Onna Hitsatsu Ken ("Female Dragon - The Crimson Death Fist")
- 14. Hakuchu No Akumu Rape Sareta Hitozuma (Midday Nightmare - A Housewife's Rape)
- 15. Kokosei Baishun Keshi No Sennin Sousa (High School Prostitution - The Unrelenting Infiltration Investigation)
- 16. Hadaka De Jiyuko No Mae Ni Tate (Standing Naked In Front of the Barrel of a Gun)
- 17. Jiyoshu Tatsukoku Fukushu Ni Moeta Nikutai (Escape From The Female Prison - The Woman's Burning Vengeance)
- 18. Joshidaisei No Ijou Na Taiken (Witness To THe College Coed's Strange Abnormality)
- 19. Hadaka De Okami No Mure To Tattakae (Nude Battle Against the Wolf Pack)
- 20. Onna No Inochi Wa Hadaka De Mamoru (To Stand Naked To Protect The Life Of A Woman)
- 21. Tomari Panic Mayonaka No Kyofu (Phantom Killer Panic - Midnight Terror)
- 22. Hanayome Gotatsu Koroshi No Mae Ni Hadaka Ou Ubae (To Steal The Nude Body Before The Kill)
- 23. Boryoku No Machi Ni Niyotai Ou Kakeru (Streets of Violence - To Risk The Woman's Body)
- 24. Hitozuma Baishun Onna Ga Naita Rape No Wanna (Housewife Prostitution - The Woman's Tears In The Rape Trap)
- 25. Saraba Onna Hyo Onna Ga Subete Ou Kakeru Toki (Goodbye Female Panther - The Moment Where She Risks Everything)
- 26. Shin Taitei Baishun Soshiki No Wanna Ou Abaku (New Assignment - To Expose The White Slavery Ring)
- 27. Yoru No Shinsatsu Shitsu - Uroki Moeru Hitozuma (The Night Examination Room - The Wanton Housewife)
- 28. Jiyudan Baishun Jikoku No Mitsugo Route (The White Slavery Ring - The Path To Evil)
- 29. Zenra Satsujin Nazo No Massage Shi (The Naked Murderer - The Mysterious Masseur)
- 30. Osouwareta Jyoshidaise Kiyofu No 24 Jikan (The Stalked College Coed - The 24 Hour Terror)
- 31. Ijou Fufu No Kiken Na Rape (The Abnormal Couple Is In Danger of Rape)
- 32. Kokubaku Jiyoshi Daisei Shiyogeki Na Eros (Confessions of a College Coed - Love Shock)
- 33. Hitozuma Jiyohatsu Uragiri No Hada Wa Moeru (The Housewife's Disappearance To Burn with Treachery)
- 34. Hitozuma Kokubaku Futari No Otto Wa Matsu Onna (Confessions of a Housewife - Waiting For Her Two Husbands)
- 35. Uwaki Chiyosa - Onna No Mishutsu Gozen Reiji (Infidelity Investigation - The Woman's Secret Room at 1 A.M.)
- 36. Yoru No Jyoshi Ryo - Newarareta Cheergirl (The Shadowy Woman's Dormitory - Stalking of the Cheerleader)
- 37. Yoru No Shiyokei Dai Rape Sareta Onna Keiji (Dark Execution Room - The Policewoman's Rape)
- 38. Kekon Sagi Yuwaku No Amai Melody (The Wedding Swindle - Temptation's Sweet Allure)
- 39. Hitozuma Baishun Himitsu Group No Kuroi Kage (The Housewife's Prostitution - The Secret Organization's Sinister Trap)
- 40. Zenran Satsujin Mayonaka No Homon (Nude Murderer - Midnight Caller)
- 41. Onna No Hada Wa 3 Oku Yen No Himitsu Kinko (The Secret of the 3 Million Yen Woman)
- 42. Hitoyozuma Omoide No Ai Ni Moeru (A One Night Stand - To Burn In Love's Memory)
- 43. Turko Musume Satsujin Jiken (The Turkish Bath House Girl Murder)
- 44. Yoru No Tehaigaki Onna Wa Ketsuyo Ni Uso O Tsuku (The Midnight Letter - She Lied On A Monday)
- 45. Jiyoshu Elegy Ai No Shuchaku Eki (A Female Convict's Elegy - Destination Love)
- 46. Yoru No Shudoen Kuroi Gi Ni Himeta Shiroi Hada (Dark Monetary - Dressed In Black)
- 47. Yoru No Kagai Jigyo Kiken Ou Uru Shojo (Night School - The Girl's Dangerous Moonlighting)
- 48. Yoru Ga Nikui Kuroi Wana Ni Kakata "OL" ("I Hate The Night" - The Secretary (Office Lady) Falls Into A Sinister Trap
- 49. Niyushi Jikoku Wa Sagi No Kisetsu (Examination (Entrance) Exams Are The Season of Fraud
- 50. Uwaki No Daisho - Okane Tou Inochi (Compensation For Infidelity - Money & Love)
- 51. Jiken Bakudan "Time Limit" Itu Pun Mai (Time Bomb - Time Limit Is One Minute)
References
- "the Super Girl". JapanHero.Com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006.
- Jmaruyama. "Supergirl". JapanHero.Com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.