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Kamen Rider: The First (仮面ライダー THE FIRST, Kamen Raidā Za Fāsuto, Masked Rider: The First) is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film. The film is an adaptation of the television series Kamen Rider, though there are many differences between the film and the original programme; some of these, however, are due to a closer reliance on the original Kamen Rider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori. Written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Takao Nagaishi, the film stars Masaya Kikawada as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1 and Hassei Takano as Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider 2.
The film was released theatrically on December 5, 2005, though it had several early screenings around Tokyo during the previous two months, beginning on October 23, at the Tokyo Film Festival. It was released on Region 2 DVD on April 21, 2006. American anime distributor Media Blasters released the film subtitled-only on Region 1 DVD on April 3, 2007, but this version of the film is no longer in print.
The film's theme song is "Bright! our Future" by Da Pump, though the opening features a small portion of the original Kamen Rider theme song, "Let's Go!! Rider Kick", sung by Masato Shimon.
The film was produced by Ishinomori Productions and Toei, who have also produced every previous television series and films in the Kamen Rider franchise. It was followed by a sequel, Kamen Rider: The Next.
Original Release
12/05/2005
Cast
Name | Character |
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Masaya Kikawada | Masked Rider 1 / Hongou Takeshi / Kamen Rider 1/Takeshi Hongo |
Hassei Takano | Katsuhiko Yano / Hayato Ichimonji / Masked Rider 2 / Kamen Rider 2/Ichimonji Hayato |
Rena Komine | Midori-kawa Asuka / Asuka Midorikawa |
Hiroshi Miyauchi | Tôbei Tachibana / Tobei Tachibana |
Eiji Wentz | Haruhiko Mitamura |
Ryôko Kobayashi | Miyoko Harada |
Mayumi Sada | Shocker Staff: Lady |
Hideyo Amamoto | Dr. Shinigami |
Itsuji Itao | Spider |
Kanji Tsuda | Bat |
Directors
Writers
Toshiki Inoue, Shôtarô Ishinomori
Cast
Name | Character |
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Masaya Kikawada | Masked Rider 1 / Hongou Takeshi / Kamen Rider 1/Takeshi Hongo |
Hassei Takano | Katsuhiko Yano / Hayato Ichimonji / Masked Rider 2 / Kamen Rider 2/Ichimonji Hayato |
Rena Komine | Midori-kawa Asuka / Asuka Midorikawa |
Hiroshi Miyauchi | Tôbei Tachibana / Tobei Tachibana |
Eiji Wentz | Haruhiko Mitamura |
Ryôko Kobayashi | Miyoko Harada |
Mayumi Sada | Shocker Staff: Lady |
Hideyo Amamoto | Dr. Shinigami |
Itsuji Itao | Spider |
Kanji Tsuda | Bat |
Renji Ishibashi | The Member of the House of Representatives |
Hirotaro Honda | The Private Secretary |
Hitomi Nakahodo | Megumi |
Katsumi Shiono | Shocker Combatmen |
Issa Hentona | (as Issa) |
Shiori Inoue | |
Hiroshi Kamiya | |
Toru Kazama | Okubo |
Toshiyuki Kitami | |
Shirô Namiki |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Osamu Fukunaka | Executive Producer |
Tôru Ishii | Executive Producer |
Kunihiko Kodama | Executive Producer |
Chiharu Nakasone | Executive Producer |
Takeyuki Suzuki | Executive Producer |
Ken Kaneko | Producer |
Kazuo Katô | Producer |
Shinichirô Shirakura | Producer |
Naomi Takebe | Producer |
Kôichi Yada | Producer |