Kamen Raidâ: The First (Masked Rider: The First)

Hassei Takano, Masaya Kikawada, Rena Komine

Set on world domination, evil terrorist organization Shocker kidnaps young college student Takeshi Hongo and turns him into one of its cyborg killing machines. Sent to assassinate a female reporter, H...( read more  read more... )ongo instead ends up regaining his human awareness and resolves to use his new powers to battle Shocker. This futuristic actioner is based on the classic Japanese program "Kamen Rider," which premiered on television in 1971.

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Directed by: Takao Nagaishi

Released: November 5, 2005

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DVD Released: April 3, 2007

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  • April 13, 2009
    It was fun and, since I'm not a big fan of action I was satisfied with lacking of it. It is quite Power Ranger-ish - although better, but I suppose that's how it should be, so I deal with that.
  • February 12, 2009
    a awesome movie.a great retailling of the original story.alot of great action and stunts.can't wait to see kamen rider the next.
  • June 2, 2008
    THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SEEN THE KAMEN RIDER SERIES FROM THE START!!

    2 THUMBS UP BOYZZZ!!
  • January 1, 2008
    Don't be ashamed if you think about the Power Rangers when seeing this. In a sense, this is what this film is sort of like. A more mature Power Rangers.

    This film runs at 90 minutes and the pace is pretty quick. It makes use of fade ins and fade outs to jump fr...

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  • October 31, 2007
    This was a good revisioning of the original Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) series from the '70's. There are some disjointed points in the story, and some really great re-visioning of the overall premise of the show. Overall I really enjoyed it.

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