Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (1992)

真・仮面ライダー序章

Kamen Rider's TRUE century is about to begin!

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.

Date of release
1992-02-20
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Director
Makoto Tsuji

Casting

Interesting facts

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue is a 1992 Japanese V-Cinema tokusatsu superhero horror film serving a reimagining of the Kamen Rider franchise and commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. Directed by Makoto Tsuji, it is the first standalone film in the series. Toei has marketed the film to English speaking markets as True Masked Rider: Prologue. The film was released in Japan on 20 February 1992.

Production

Before the name "Kamen Rider Shin" was decided, Shotaro Ishinomori originally planned for the character to be called "Kamen Rider Gaia" (仮面ライダーガイア, Kamen Raidā Gaia). The design would have been closer to a traditional Kamen Rider appearance, before later designs switched to a "Kamen Rider Style Reform" version (resembling a man in a motorcycle helmet and modified riding jacket), and then the mutated insect-like human that would become Kamen Rider…

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