La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine Explained

Genre:	Tokusatsu, magical girl, comedy
Creator:	Shotaro Ishinomori
Director:	Takaharu Saeki, Shinji Murayama, Tarou Sakamoto, Kaneharu Mitsumura, Naoki Iwahara
Runtime:	25 min.
Starring:	Yuko Hanajima, Rie Maeda, Shigeru Saiki
Composer:	Yusuke Honma
Opentheme:	17 no Koro by Sayuri Saito
Endtheme:	Kanashimi ni Ichiban Chikai Basho by Yuko Hanashima Anata dake Change me by Yuko Hanashima
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Company:	Toei Company Ishimori Productions
Network:	Fuji TV
Producer:	Jun Hikasa,
Num Episodes:	51

is a magical girl tokusatsu comedy series created by Shotaro Ishinomori, and the 11th installment of the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series. The series ran from January 7, 1990 to December 30, 1990 for a total of 51 episodes.

Synopsis

It's the first day of the new school year and the Murakami kids, Yuko, Momoko and Takuto, are excited to be heading back and catch up with their friends. While Takuto makes it to school, Yuko stops by a shrine that doesn’t get too many visitors these days to pray for the new school year. At the shrine Yuko accidentally breaks the bell and drops it on top of a kami's head. Because she is the only person that stopped by the shrine in a long time, he grants her the power to become a superheroine, based on another ancient deity. It is her job to protect her neighborhood from the threats it faces. With the transformation phrase she transforms into the Masked Belle Poitrine. Later she gets an ally in Poitrine Petite, in reality her little sister Momoko.

Characters

Portrayed by

The heroine of the series. Cheerful and optimistic, with a strong sense of justice. The eldest daughter of the Murakami household, with two younger brother and sister. She's a high school sophomore. She transforms into Poitrine to fight the monsters that infest her neighborhood. If her identity is revealed she will turn into a frog.

Portrayed by

Yuko's sister, and the youngest of the siblings. After the invasion of the Dark Emperor Diable, Kami-sama gave Momoko a supporting role to Poitrine as Poitrine Petite. Though Poitrine Petite fights alongside Poitrine, they have a rivalry. She and Yuko do not know each other's identity which is subject to punishment if they were to find out.

Portrayed by

Yuko's brother. Longs to embrace Poitrine. Becomes a leader by creating a "Poitrine club" with friends Kazuya, Shinsuke and Kenji.

Portrayed by

The Murakami family's father.

Portrayed by

The Murakami family's mother.

Portrayed by

A police detective working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Nishihonmachi station who wishes to arrest Poitrine. She is Kazuya's mother.

Portrayed by

The son of Ritsuko Honda and one of Takuto's friends who is very skinny, and is skilled at various sports.

Portrayed by

One of Takuto's friends who is chubby. He makes up new weapons for the Poitrine Club. His mother works as a pharmacist.

Portrayed by

One of Takuto's friends who wears large round glasses who is the smartest in the Poitrine Club. His parents own a tonkatsu shop.

Portrayed by

The deity for the neighborhood shrine. He has been the guardian of Yuko's town for a while, but he has also had a sinus infection. He needs to remedy with a trip to the hot springs in Italy. He gives Yuko the ability to transform, who visited the shrine by chance.

Portrayed by

The dark emperor. Plots to control Japan and conquer the universe. Diable is French for devil.

Staff

Creator: Shotaro Ishinomori
Planning: Yoshiaki Kobayashi (Toei), Kyotaro Kimura (Yomiuri Koukokusha), Kenichiro Haraoka & Takashi Ishihara (Fuji TV)
Producer: Jun Hikasa, Masayuki Nishimura, Shigenori Takatera (Toei)
Story editor: Yoshio Urasawa
Script: Yoshio Urasawa, Naoki Iwahara
Directors: Takaharu Saeki, Shinji Murayama, Taro Sakamoto, Kaneharu Mitsumura, Naoki Iwahara
Coach: Takaharu Saeki, Shinji Murayama, Taro Sakamoto, Kaneharu Mitsumura, Iwappara Naoki
Shoot: Noboru Tonegawa, Michio Hayashi, Shingo Osawa
Art: Kitago Hisanori, Yasui Maruotoko
Measurement: Shingo Osawa, Masahiro Tanaka, Toshihiro Usuki
Assistant directors: Naoki Iwahara, Ryuta Tasaki, Akira Kawada, Kazuya Kitade, Minoru Tabei
Action Advisor: Masaru Okada (Oono Kenyuukai)
Clay Illustration: Kyozo Hayashi
Play Illustration: Ryu Noguchi
Character coordinator: Satoshi Osano (Ishimori Pro)
Video Synthesis: Totsu-ecg system
Music: Yusuke Honma
Production: Fuji TV, Toei, Yomiko (no credit treatment)

Theme song

OP song –
- performed by .
1st ED song –
- performed by Yūko Hanashima.
2nd ED song –
- performed by Yūko Hanashima.

Legacy

A character based on Poitrine appears in the Kamen Rider franchise film . This version is the idealized form of Donut Shop Hungry's effeminate male manager Yu Kamimura (portrayed by Kaba-chan), who appears within a dream world after he is kidnapped by the Akumaizer as part of their plot to build an army of monsters and conquer humanity before Kamimura is rescued by Kamen Riders Wizard and Fourze and their allies.