The Iron Superman

The Iron Superman (1975)

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After Tien's parents are murdered, he is saved by the KSS and trains to avenge them. 10 years later, he is ready to save the earth using the powerful Iron Superman to defend Earth from evil invaders led by the King of the Flying Robot Empire, Fei Long Ri.

Date of release
1975-07-19
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Director
Kwok Ting-Hung

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Super Robot Mach Baron

The Iron Superman is a 1975 science fiction film of Taiwanese origin, directed by Kwok Ting-Hung and starring Jamie Luk, Maggie Lee, and Paul Chun.

Production

The film is unrelated to the characters created by Go Nagai. Instead, it is based on the Japanese live-action television series Super Robot Mach Baron (1974–75). The Taiwanese producers of The Iron Superman purchased the rights to the Japanese series to create a theatrical re-edit.

The re-edit reused combat footage of the robots and wide shots of the original actors, while inserting new scenes with Taiwanese performers costumed like their Japanese counterparts whenever they were clearly identifiable. Although the movie roughly follows the plot of several episodes of the series, some minor details—especially the characters’ names—were altered.

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