Kamen Rider (live-action TV)
Alternative title:
Masked Rider
仮面ライダー (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
College student and aspiring motocross racer Takeshi Hongo is abducted by evil organization known as "Shocker" and converted into a cyborg warrior to do their bidding. But before the Shocker can brainwash him, an explosion occurs in the laboratory and Hongo escapes. Using his new powers, Hongo becomes Kamen Rider and wages a battle to keep mankind safe from Shocker. During Kamen Rider's battles with Shocker, photographer Hayato Ichimonji is abducted in Mexico by the organization and converted into a cyborg. Unfortunately for them, Kamen Rider interferes with the operation and Ichimonji becomes Kamen Rider 2, Shocker's newest enemy.
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
98
Episode titles: We have 97
Vintage:
1971-04-03 to 1973-02-10
Opening Theme:
#1: "Let's Go! Rider Kick!" (レッツゴー!! ライダーキック) by Hiroshi Fujioka (eps 1-12)
#2: "Let's Go! Rider Kick!" (レッツゴー!! ライダーキック) by Kouichi Fuji (eps 13-88)
#3: "Rider Action" (ライダーアクション) by Masato Shimon (eps 89-98)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kamen Rider no Uta" (仮面ライダーの歌; Kamen Rider's Song) by Kouichi Fuji (eps 1-71)
#2: "Rider Action" (ライダーアクション) by Masato Shimon (eps 72-88)
#3: "Lonely Kamen Rider" (ロンリー仮面ライダー) by Masato Shimon (eps 89-98)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
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Interest:
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Madoka Magica's Urobuchi Writes Kamen Rider Gaim (Jul 25, 2013)
Interview:
Hiroshi Fujioka Looks Back at 50 Years of Being Kamen Rider (Nov 19, 2021)
Press Release:
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Script: Fumio Ishimori (6 episodes eps 47, 50, 76, 83, 89-90 )Goro Okeya (ep 70) Ikuro Suzuki (5 episodes eps 43, 48, 72-73, 75 )Katsuhiko Taguchi (eps 9-10, 20-21) Kimio Hirayama (ep 61) Kimiyuki Hasegawa (eps 49, 51) Kogai Maruyama (ep 96) Mari Takizawa (17 episodes eps 5, 8, 12, 18, 24-25, 28-30, 32, 34, 44, 55-57, 60, 86 )Masaki Tsukada (ep 22) Masaru Igami (41 episodes eps 1-3, 6-7, 13-17, 26-27, 31, 35, 38-41, 52-54, 62, 64-68, 71, 74, 77-81, 87, 91-94, 97-98 )Masayuki Shimada (17 episodes eps 4, 19, 23, 33, 36-37, 42, 46, 58-59, 63, 69, 82, 84-85, 88, 95 )Minoru Yamada (ep 61) Shinichi Ichikawa (ep 4) Shōtarō Ishinomori (ep 84) Takao Nagaishi (ep 11) Takeo Ohno (ep 45) Episode Director: Atsuo Okunaka (eps 95-96) Hidetoshi Kitamura (eps 5, 8, 13) Issaku Uchida (7 episodes eps 28, 30, 48-49, 52, 60, 65 )Itaru Orita (12 episodes eps 2, 4, 6-7, 11-12, 14-17, 19, 23 )Katsuhiko Taguchi (12 episodes eps 29-35 odd, 36, 38, 43-44, 47, 50, 54, 58 )Koichi Takemoto (eps 1, 3) Masaki Tsukada (20 episodes eps 46, 59, 63-64, 66-67, 70-71, 74-75, 78-79, 82-83, 87-88, 91-92, 97-98 )Minoru Yamada (7 episodes eps 9-10, 18, 21-22, 24-25 )Shōtarō Ishinomori (ep 84) Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi Theme Song Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi | Hiroshi Fujioka as Rokurō Naya as Takeshi Sasaki as Akiji Kobayashi as Chieko Morikawa as Gorō Naya as Hideyo Amamoto as Jirō Chiba as Jiro Miyaguchi as Kenji Ushio as Linda Yamamoto as Matasaburō Niwa as Mimi Hagiwara as Shinji Nakae as Yōko Shimada as Yōko Sugibayashi as Annu Mari as Bunya Nakamura as Eiji Maruyama as Eisuke Yoda as Eken Mine as Emiko Sugasawa as Emily Takami as Enver Altenbay as Grace Ball as Hiromu Jin as Isao Sasaki as Isao Yatsu as Jō Honda as Kaori Okano as Katsumi Nakajima as Keisuke Yamashita as Kimie Matsui as Kinryū Arimoto as Kōichi Ueda as Machiko Nakajima as Mahito Tsujimura as Masashi Ishibashi as Michihiro Ikemizu as Michiko Takebe as Miyuki Ueda as Moroshi Tamura as Osamu Ichikawa as Osamu Saka as Ritsuo Sawa as Ruth Ball as Sakae Umezu as Shinzō Hotta as Shōtarō Ishinomori as Shun Yashiro as Tadao Futami as Taimei Suzuki as Takao Ōyama as Terue Nunami as Tetsuya Kaji as Tomiya Seki as Tomonori Yazaki as Toshiaki Suzuki as Wakako Oki as Willie Dorsey as Yoshiko Nakada as Yumi Mizusawa as Hiroya Ishimaru | |||
Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment | ||||
(none) | Internet Streaming: ShoutFactory TV (United States and Canada) Tubi TV (via ShoutFactory TV; United States and Canada) YouTube (via Toei Tokusatsu World Official) Production Subsidy: J-LOD (Toei Tokusatsu World Official sub; eps 1-2) | |||
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