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Kamen Rider V3 (live-action TV)

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Alternative title:
Masked Rider V3
仮面ライダーV3 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: After witnessing a murder by the evil organization "Destron," Shiro Kazami becomes their next target. Shiro goes home to find his parents and sister murdered by Destron before Kamen Rider 1 and 2 save him from the same fate. He asks them to convert him into a cyborg, but they decline, reminding him of the pain of losing their humanity. During a battle against the Destron leader, Shiro thwarts the organization's plot to destroy the Riders - at the expense of his life. The Riders then have no choice but to turn him into a cyborg. Shortly afterwards, Shiro becomes Kamen Rider V3 to protect mankind against Destron.
Running time: 29 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage: 1973-02-17 to 1974-02-09
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3" by Hiroshi Miyauchi & The Swingers
Ending Theme:
#1: "Shonen Rider no Uta" by Ichiro Mizuki and Columbia Yurikago-kai (eps 1-42)
#2: "Hashire Hurricane" by Masato Shimon and Columbia Yurikago-kai (eps 43-52)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Scenario:
Hajime Kaido
Ikuro Suzuki (13 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 16, 23, 33-34, 38, 45-46, 51-52
)

Kimio Hirayama (ep 50)
Makoto Naito (eps 9-10)
Mari Takizawa (eps 19, 24, 37)
Masaki Tsukada (ep 22)
Masaomi Tsukada
Masaru Igami (22 episodes
eps 1-4, 13-15, 20-21, 25-32, 35-36, 43-44, 47
)

Masayuki Shimada (5 episodes
eps 7-8, 17-18, 22
)

Seiji Abe (eps 39-42, 48)
Takao Nagaishi (ep 49)
Tohru Hirayama (eps 39-42, 48)
Toshimichi Saeki (eps 9-10)
Episode Director:
Atsuo Okunaka (eps 3-4)
Issaku Uchida (10 episodes
eps 35-36, 39-40, 43-44, 49-52
)

Itaru Orita (10 episodes
eps 31-32, 37-38, 41-42, 45-48
)

Katsuhiko Taguchi (eps 9-10, 17-18)
Masaki Tsukada (14 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 15-16, 19, 22, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34
)

Minoru Yamada (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 13-14, 20-21, 23-24, 27-28
)

Original creator: Shōtarō Ishinomori
Director of Photography:
Hideo Hara
Ryuji Kawasaki
Continuity: Masahiko Takeda
Lighting: Koji Ota
Production Design: Isao Yagi
Sound Engineer: Katsumi Ōta
Stunt Choreography: Kazutoshi Takahashi
Theme Song Lyrics: Shōtarō Ishinomori
Theme Song Performance:
Columbia Yurikago-kai (ED)
Hiroshi Miyauchi (OP)
Ichirō Mizuki (ED 1)
Masato Shimon (ED 2)
Hiroshi Miyauchi as Shiro Kazami / Kamen Rider V3

Akiji Kobayashi as Tôbei 'Oya-san' Tachibana
Akira Yamaguchi as Jouji Yuki / Riderman (eps 43-51)
Eiji Go as Baron Fang
Gorō Naya as High Destron
Hideki Kawaguchi as Shigeru Tama
Hiroshi Fujioka as Takeshi Hongo / Kamen Rider 1
Hizuru Ono as Junko Tama
Jotaro Senba as Doktor G
Ken Kawashima as Ken Sakuma
Sachio Fujino as Archbishop Wing
Takeshi Sasaki as Hayato Ichimonji / Kamen Rider 2

Eriko Sekiguchi as Yukiko Kazami
Hideo Nihei as Hideo Fukazawa (eps 20-21)
Hideyo Amamoto as Dr. Shinigami (eps 27-28)
Isshin Ikeda as Apartment Resident (ep 40)
Kaori Okano as Sachiko Kuroda
Kaoru Ozawa as Yōko Yamashita
Kunio Kaga as Tatsuji Kazami
Miki Masaki as Aya Kazami
Moroshi Tamura as Kid Corps (ep 32)
Ritsuo Sawa as Hasami-Jaguar (eps 1-2)
Shinji Nakae as Narrator
Japanese companies
English companies
English staff
Liner Notes: Mike Dent (Discotek Blu-ray)
Trailer: Mike Dent (Discotek Blu-ray)
Broadcaster: Oceanic Cable (Hawaii)
DVD Encoding: JN Productions
Internet Streaming: YouTube (via Toei Tokusatsu World Official)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2024)
JN Productions (Expired)
Production Subsidy: J-LOD (Toei Tokusatsu World Official sub; eps 1-2)
Translation: JN Productions
English cast
(none)

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