Kamen Rider (1971)

Original title

仮面ライダー

Cast

Fujioka Hiroshi, Sasaki Takeshi, Nakada Yoshiko, Kobayashi Akiji, Chiba Jiro, Hayashi Hiroko, Matsui Kimie

Genre

tokusatsu

Country

Japan

Length

37 seasons, 1750 episodes

Rated

L

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 103 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes a grasshopper-like cyborg superhero to fight an evil organization. He uses his powers and a motorcycle to battle monsters and protect the world.

action-packedenergeticclassicdramaticfantasticalenthusiasticadventurousiconic

What happens

Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー, Kamen Raidā) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series and weekly science fiction manga created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The original airing consisted of a total of 98 episodes and were broadcast from April 3, 1971, to February 10, 1973, on Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET (now TV Asahi). The manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine around the same period. The series has evolved into a franchise with many subsequent annual iterations. The series spawned a second boom in tokusatsu shows, and was Toei's first commercialised series. During its run the brand sold 620 million bags of popcorn (branded Kamen Rider Snack), 3.8 million transformation belts and 300,000 bikes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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