1966 -THE GOLDEN BAT, comic book Japanese stuff

It's easy to sneer at this film.  The bad special effects, the goofy subtitles, the laughable villain and finally our weird superhero The Golden Bat.

The Golden Bat looks like it was primarily made for kids because as an adult I was a little embarrassed to be watching it.  The plot has something to do with an evil guy known as "The Ruler of the Universe," out to destroy the world.  To the rescue comes superhero The Golden Bat, who has one evil laugh when he's taking on the bad guys.

 

Sonny Chiba, who I knew as "The Street Fighter" in that very violent series is a heroic scientist who is working with The Golden Bat to save the planet earth.

 

That's enough on this film.  One can laugh at this goofy stuff, but is it that much different than the crap D.C. and Marvel are subjecting the audiences to these days?  Silly superhero junk is still junk regardless of when it was made.

The running time is a brisk 73 minutes, the film was written by Susumu Takaku.