With Super Sentai & Kamen Rider celebrating their 40th & 45th anniversaries this year, Toei have dubbed năm nhâm thìn as “Super hero Year” with very good reason. But while the former franchise might seem like it’s been slacking a bit on the celebration front, the same can’t be said for Kamen Rider. In addition to lớn the Amazon Prime exclusive Kamen Rider Amazons series, a legendary anh hùng has also made his return khổng lồ the fold. Kamen Rider 1 sees Hiroshi Fujioka reprise his role as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1, crossing over with the cast of Kamen Rider Ghost in a feature-length celebration. Fujioka himself was actively involved in the development of the film, writing it alongside prolific tokusatsu veteran Toshiki Inoue. While both Rider 1 and Fujioka have made various reappearances over the years, this film sees him once again in the leading role – complete with a brand new look to go with it.

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Takeshi Hongo, the first ever Kamen Rider, has spent years travelling the world battling the forces of evil. However when the evil organisation Shocker target Mayu Tachibana, granddaughter of Hongo’s friend & Rider mentor Tobei Tachibana, he returns to nhật bản once more. Also caught up in the fight against Shocker is Takeru Tenkujii, Kamen Rider Ghost, và his friends.But Shocker isn’t the only evil they have to lớn worry about, as a new faction rises to make its own bid for power nguồn – Nova Shocker! As the two evil organisations battle both the Riders & each other for Mayu và the power nguồn held within her, Hongo is faced with the option of hanging up the mask lớn live a peaceful life with Mayu. With the years of fighting evil finally taking their toll on the great hero, could this be Kamen Rider 1’s final battle?
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The Legend
Forget the woefully out of character interpretation brought back for 2014’s Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider:Kamen Rider Taisen, this is truly the return of Takeshi Hongo. This is a man who’s spent the last 45 years travelling the world và fighting evil, fight alongside & losing comrades along the way. He carries himself with a gruff hardened exterior, but behind all the fighting và cybernetics lies a man who’s clearly grown tired of it all and longs for a normal life. Hiroshi Fujioka manages to convey all this in just his stance & facial expressions, but through his dialogue he’s also able khổng lồ create this commanding presence which at the same time feels lượt thích the return of an old friend. The introduction of Mayu also gives Hongo this new grandfatherly edge, and the scenes in which he bonds with her & does things his life never usually permits him are some of the most touching that the film has khổng lồ offer. Although the nhái out of his death is all too predictable (as if they’d let Takeshi Hongo die) the emotion leading up khổng lồ that point is all too real, as the years of fighting visibly take their toll on the great hero.
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Grandpa Hongo
Although the film is undoubtedly Hongo’s story he isn’t alone, và in Kamen Rider 1 he finds new comrades in the cast of Kamen Rider Ghost – the currently airing show at the time of the film’s release. Kamen Rider Ghost might not be many people’s favourite series, but when freed from the murkiness of their own story there’s a lot to like about the cast here. Takeru’s youth and cheery optimism make the perfect foil khổng lồ the wizened Hongo, with the two developing a strong teacher/protégé dynamic throughout the course of the film. It’s clear that Hongo sees a lot of himself in Takeru, both in the way he values life and the help he receives along the way from his comrades. As such Akari and Onari are crucial even when just sitting comfortably in their tư vấn roles, with Onari’s over the top comedy appropriately restrained. That isn’t to lớn say Kamen Rider 1 isn’t without laughs – the Ghost cast provide a much needed comedic balance khổng lồ the film, especially in the earlier moments as Takeru & Akari infiltrate a high school lớn get closer lớn Mayu. Oh and Makoto is there too – but less as a character and more to bolster to lớn the Rider ranks và have some khổng lồ fight while Takeru và Hongo are enjoying the more emotional scenes. True to his appearance in his own show then.

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Out with the old, in with the new
Of course you can’t bring Takeshi Hongo back without also resurrecting the villainous organisation that created him, and this time there’s also an all-out Shocker civil war to giảm giá with. The idea that Nova Shocker aims to lớn control the world through the global economy is the perfect update to lớn the original’s outdated notions of world domination, và ties in nicely with the Shocker Ishinomori created & expanded upon in his original manga. Toei have repeatedly brought back Shocker under various new guises in the past six years, but this is the first time that an update has actually felt natural & relevant. Shocker’s datedness is pushed both through their methods & the visuals, & despite their once great status are constantly touted as the underdogs. But you can’t keep a good villain down, & the return of Ambassador Hell is a turning point that culminates in a wonderful moment of anh hùng and villain fighting side by side. Nova Shocker’s three generals present a genuinely credible threat and are a pleasure to watch onscreen, despite the somewhat minor characterisation.
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You just can"t keep a good villain down
Nova Shocker aren’t the only ones that have gotten with the times either, with this film marking the debut of a new look for its starring Rider. In an attempt lớn not only modernise a 45 year old suit but also make it look like its Hongo under the helmet, the new Rider 1 suit throws out the streamline look & opts for one that prioritises bulk & armour – something you’d expect from a man getting on in years. The film doesn’t pay a great khuyến mãi of notice as to lớn why the suit has changed, but as a cyborg needing to keep up with the latest threats it doesn’t seem a stretch for Hongo khổng lồ have made some modifications over time. The added bulk also makes Hongo stand out from Ghost and Specter, whose suits seem almost retro in comparison. Much in the way The Dark Knight Returnsre-imagined a much older, bigger Batman who was still more than capable of besting his foes, Kamen Rider 1 has done exactly the same but without any of the emotional baggage that came with it. Making a random appearance on the Ghost side of things are the post-Decade Rider Eyecons, which may bring the canoncity of Rider 1 into question but are certainly the perfect addition for an anniversary movie.If there was one complaint khổng lồ be had about this film, it’s the inclusion/use of the Alexander the Great Eyecon. Its relevance is completely shoehorned in, acting only as a way to lớn keep Ghost’s own gimmicks relevant in a film that’s only marginally about the show. However that isn’t to say that there’s no place for an all-powerful Eyecon in the film at all – in fact a better idea would have been khổng lồ make it a Great Shocker Leader one instead. This way the plot of the film remains exactly the same, however it feels far more relevant và has the added symbolism of the two Shocker factions fighting over their former leader’s power. It fits so perfectly you have to wonder why it wasn’t done in the first place.
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Built like a tank

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Inoue"s best toku thing in YEARS, a loving tribute to KR old và new.

*pulled from my LB review*Winds up kinda simple, the ponderings on life and Nova Shocker trying to rule the world through economic nguồn as opposed khổng lồ Shocker with their authoritative, physical power wind up as footnotes than more elaborate philosophy và plotting, but it’s still fun nonetheless.The idea of the changing face of both good & evil is quaint, and it’s fitting that this movie came in time for one of Heisei’s more self-conscious and doubtful heroes to be the representative of modern struggles (more personal challenges and socio-political anxiety) against the more pure, emblematic ideas of heroism back in Showa (Japan’s post-WWII aspiration for moral atonement, recovery và direction) bouncing off each other.We see Takeru’s xuất hiện admission of needing support while sharing his inherent want lớn protect others challenged by the more self-sufficient và stoic values of Takeshi, the latter asking the former, carrying the torch just what exactly life means và what makes it precious, leading khổng lồ Takeru charging head first into danger after Takeshi’s initial “loss” even though he and Makoto had continually lost khổng lồ the villains themselves, but recognize that they had failed to lớn protect a life, but instead of doubting, running away and resigning, they press on in the hopes that they won’t fail again & there will be further losses. Then Takeshi comes back to lớn recognize his own enduring importance in guiding the new generation and lending a helping hand when he had the option to lớn back out of the conflict, his spirit reborn, fighting for peace for as long as he is able before the torch will properly pass anyways. It’s a nice anniversary film celebrating Rider’s long history, a bit similar broadly khổng lồ the Decade crossover movie’s idea about Tsukasa/Decade being the Rider born whenever a nhân vật is needed again, but this was more of an homage lớn 2 different times & all and didn’t feel too redundant anyway. Nothing major and occasionally a bit choppy, but the action is pretty solid, the character interactions are nice, the pacing is decent và it’s all around pretty amusing và fun, good Sunday afternoon cinema.

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