Kamen Rider THE FIRST

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Kamen Rider The First
仮面ライダー THE FIRST
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DVD cover
Director Nagaishi Takao
Writer Inoue Toshiki
Starring
Composer Yasukawa Gorou
Studio Toei Company
Distributor Toei Video (Retail)
Release date(s)
Running time 90 minutes
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Attacks and Mecha

Shocker

Discography Media Splashes Transcripts
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Released during Hibiki

仮面ライダー THE FIRST Released in America as Masked Rider The First

Release date: November 05, 2005.

Story

  • Hongou Takeshi was captured and remodeled as Hopper 1 by the secret organization known as Shocker. He regains his humanity during an assassin mission.
  • Shocker sends Ichimonji Hayato, Hopper 2, to kill Hongou for betrayal.
  • Asuka was saved by Hopper 1 when Spider attacks her, but she does not know that Hongo is the man in the mask.
  • Ichimonji protects Asuka from Bat. However, she thinks of him as the man who saved her from Spider when she witnesses his transformation into Hopper 2.
  • Asuka unmasks Hopper 1 and eventually realizes Hongou was the one who saved her earlier.
  • Ichimonji was labled as a traitor too when Shocker discovered that his actions were meant for Asuka only.
  • Hongou and Ichimonji work together to save Asuka from Shocker.
Cobra and Snake
  • Mitamura Haruhiko was hospitalized for a terminal sickness. He meets a neighbor patient, Harada Miyoko. Then, the two fall in love.
  • The pair made an agreement to Shocker for curing their sickness. However, they were remodeled as Cobra and Snake instead.

Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider Ichigou (Hopper 1) (仮面ライダー1号 (ホッパー1))
Kamen Rider Nigou (Hopper 2) (仮面ライダー2号 (ホッパー2))

Shocker

S.H.O.C.K.E.R. ショッカー (The name is an acronym for "Sacred Hegemony Of Cycle Kindred Evolutional Realm")

Snake
Spider (スパイダー)
Bat (バット)
Cobra (コブラ)
Snake (スネーク)
Shocker Combatman (ショッカー戦闘員)
Shocker Commander (Old gentlemen) (ショッカー幹部・老紳士)
Shocker Commander (Man) (ショッカー幹部・若者)
Shocker Commander (Woman) (ショッカー幹部・美女)

Movie Characters

Hongou Takeshi / Kamen Rider Ichigou (本郷 猛 / 仮面ライダー1号) - Kikawada Masaya
  • A student in the Jounan University. He was captured by Shocker and was remodeled as Hopper 1.
Ichimonji Hayato / Kamen Rider Nigou (一文字 隼人 / 仮面ライダー2号) - Takano Hassei
  • An assassin who was sent to kill Hongou for betrayal. He resembles to Asuka's late fiancé, Yano Katsuhiko.
Midorikawa Asuka (緑川あすか) - Komine Rena
  • A journalist at Weekly ABBA Company. She is in love with Yano Katsuhiko and their wedding is due soon.
Tachibana Toubee (立花 藤兵衛) - Miyauchi Hiroshi
  • Hongou's life mentor.
Yano Katsuhiko (矢野克彦) - Takano Hassei
  • Asuka's fiancé.
Mitamura Haruhiko / Cobra (三田村 晴彦 / コブラ) - Wentz Eiji
  • A young boy who was hospitalized for a terminal sickness. Later, he falls in love with a neighbor patient, Harada Miyoko.
Harada Miyoko / Snake (原田 美代子 / スネーク) - Kobayashi Ryoko
  • A young girl who was hospitalized for a terminal sickness. She falls in love with Mitamura Haruhiko.

Cast

  • Hongou Takeshi / Kamen Rider Ichigou (Hopper 1) - Kikawada Masaya 本郷 猛 / 仮面ライダー1号 (ホッパー1) - 黄川田 将也
  • Ichimonji Hayato / Kamen Rider Nigou (Hopper 2) - Takano Hassei 一文字 隼人 / 仮面ライダー2号 (ホッパー2) - 高野八誠
  • Midorikawa Asuka - Komine Rena 緑川あすか - 小嶺麗奈
  • Tachibana Toubee - Miyauchi Hiroshi 立花 藤兵衛 - 宮内 洋
  • Yano Katsuhiko - Takano Hassei (double role) 矢野克彦 - 高野八誠
  • Mitamura Haruhiko / Cobra - Wentz Eiji 三田村 晴彦 / コブラ - ウエンツ瑛士
  • Harada Miyoko / Snake - Kobayashi Ryoko 原田 美代子 / スネーク - 小林涼子
  • Spider - Itao Itsuji スパイダー - 板尾創路
  • Bat - Tsuda Kanji バット - 津田寛治
  • Shocker Commander (Old gentlemen) - Amamoto Hideyo ショッカー幹部・老紳士 - 天本英世
  • Shocker Commander (Man) - Hentona Issa (Da Pump) ショッカー幹部・若者 - 辺土名一茶 (Da Pump)
  • Shocker Commander (Woman) - Sada Mayumi ショッカー幹部・美女 - 佐田真由美
  • Megumi - Nakahodo Hitomi めぐみ - 仲程仁美
  • Minister Representative's Secretary - Honda Hirotarou 秘書官 - 本田 博太郎
  • Minister Representative - Ishibashi Renji 大物代議士 - 石橋蓮司
  • Unknown Role - Kazama Tooru ?? Role - 風間トオル

Voice Actors

  • Shocker Commander (Old gentlemen) - Maruyama Eiji ショッカー幹部・老紳士 - 丸山詠二
  • Shocker Combatmen - Shiono Katsumi ショッカー戦闘員 - 塩野勝美

Stunt Actors

Songs Used

Opening Song

Let's Go!! Rider Kick
Singer: Fuji Kouichi (藤 浩一), Mail Harmony (Nippon Columbia)
Lyrics: Ishinomori Shoutarou (石ノ森章太郎)
Composer, Arranger: Kikuchi Shunsuke (菊池俊輔)

Ending Song

Bright! our Future
Singer: DA PUMP
Lyrics: ISSA
Composer: ISSA & YUKINARI
Arranger: YUKINARI & Tanahashi "UNA" Shinji (棚橋UNA信二)
Their CD single came with a DVD with a music video for this song.

Trivia

  • A theory is that since both Ichimonji and Yano Katsuhiko are portrayed by Takano Hassei, the Shocker took Katsuhiko's body and remodeled him as Ichimonji.
  • Instead of Professor Shinigami (死神博士), the movie credited the villain as Shocker Commander (Old gentlemen), ショッカー幹部・老紳士.
  • Writer Inoue Toshiki's father, Inoue Masaru, was the main writer of the original Kamen Rider series.
  • This is the first Kamen Rider movie directed by Nagaishi Takao. He was a director for some episodes of all the Heisei Kamen Rider series, Kuuga to Decade.

Actor Trivia

Manga version

Apparently ran in the magazine Tokusatsu Ace from February 11, 2006 Issue 227 on. It was supposed to be released in tankoban form, but it never came out.

Sequel

The story continues in the Kamen Rider The Next movie.

Staff

Staff
Original Creator: Ishinomori Shoutarou (石ノ森章太郎)
Supervisor: Onodera Akira (小野寺 章)
Writer: Inoue Toshiki (井上敏樹)
Director: Nagaishi Takao (長石多可男)
Producer:
Music: Yasukawa Gorou (安川午朗)
Action Director: Yokoyama Makoto (横山 誠)
(AAC STUNTS)

Transcript

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External Links

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