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Shin Kamen Rider Film's Trailer Reveals Previously Unannounced Cast
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for Hideaki Anno's Shin Kamen Rider live-action film began streaming a new trailer for the film on Friday. The trailer reveals previously unannounced cast from the film (the film has already opened, but these cast members were not announced prior to the film's opening).
The previously unannounced cast members include:
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Government Man
- Takumi Saitō as Intelligence Agency Man
- Nao Ōmori as Kumo Augment-01 (voice)
- Masami Nagasawa as Sasori Augment-01
- Kanata Hongō as Kamakiri Kamereon Augment-01
- Tori Matsuzaka as K (voice)
- Mikako Ichikawa as Ichirō Midorikawa's Mother
- Tōru Nakamura as Takeshi Hongo's Father
- Ken Yasuda as Criminal
- Shūhei Uesugi as Business Suit Man
Katsuro Onoue is credited as associate director, with Ikki Todoroki as assistant director. Famed designers Mahiro Maeda, Ikuto Yamashita, and Yutaka Izubuchi — who have collaborated with Anno on many previous projects such as Evangelion — were the designers for the film. (Yamashita was already previously revealed as the designer of the updated Cyclone motorcycle.) Isao Tsuge was the costume designer. Taku Iwasaki (Read or Die, Jormungand, Gurren Lagann) composded the music.
Shinichiro Shirakura was the executive producer, with Daiju Koide and Kazutoshi Wadakura credited as producers. Muneyuki Kii is credited for planning and production. Tōru Mori was the line producer, and Masanori Kawashima was the associate producer.
Sōsuke Ikematsu plays Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider, while Minami Hamabe plays Ruriko Midorikawa. Other cast members include Tasuku Emoto as Hayato Ichimonji, Shinya Tsukamoto as RIRIKO's father, Tōru Tezuka as Kōmori Augment-01, and Suzuki Matsuo.
Anno directed, scripted, and produced the film. Shōtarō Ishinomori is credited as the original creator.
In addition to co-writing and directing the Evangelion franchise, Anno is the writer and chief director of the Shin Godzilla film and the writer of the Shin Ultraman film.
Sources: Shin Kamen Rider's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
