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Sukeban Deka II - Revealed!! Dreadful Secret of the Iron Mask
episode 2.35
Japan 1986
produced by
Kazuya Maeda, Chiharu Nakasone, Osamu Tezuka for Toei/Fuji Television
directed by Toshio Oi
starring Yoko Minamino, Akie Yoshizawa, Haruko Sagara, Naoto Nagashima, Keizo Kanie, Satoshi Moritsuka, Eiichi Kiichi, Masatomo Nakabayashi, Tokie Shibata, Yasudo Yoshida, Yaori Yukihiro, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akiko Suzuki, Maeda Kanako
screenplay by Tokio Tsuchiya, based on the manga by Shinji Wada, music by Ichiro Nitta
TV series
Sukeban Deka, Sukeban Deka (Yoko Minamino)
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Evil organisation Seiroukai has started its plot to take over the high
schools of Japan, but Saki (Yoko Minamino) has collected a small group of
student presidents from all over the country opposed to Seiroukai, and
inspires them to take at least their schools back - with success! However,
Saki herself doesn't take part in this counter-revolution she has kicked
off, as she wants to track down Seiroukai's secret headquarters as she
expects to find the secret of the iron mask she had to wear all through
her childhood there. Meanwhile, the old man of Kamakura (Satoshi
Moritsuka), the man behind Seiroukai and father of its public leader Kage
no Soto (Naoto Nagashima), wants to get his hands on Saki's iron mask,
figuring it must hold the secret her dad took with him to his grave all
those years back. So he sends out monk Kikaibo (Eiichi Kiichi), who
befriends Saki and promises her to reveal the secret of the mask should
she bring it to his temple. But when she hands over the mask, Saki's
mentor and boss Nishiwaki (Keizo Kanie) intervenes, and when Kikaibo tries
to escape with the mask, he's slain by Kage no Soto's brother Ranmaru
(Masatomo Nakabayashi), tasked to steal the mask for his brother. Thanks
to her trusted yo-yo, Saki gets her mask back, but Nishiwaki locks her in
a cell for her carelessness ...
Narratively, this episode is a little muddled, as it tries to fit too
much content into a mere 25 minutes while falling short of making any real
reveals. But on the other hand, there's some fight scenes in this one and
it moves along at a quick enough pace to at least entertain.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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