Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven War Demons
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| Kamen Rider Hibiki: and The Seven War Demons |
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| Directed by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Produced by | Ishinomori Productions Toei |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Starring | Shigeki Hosokawa Jyoji Shibue Shingo Kawaguchi Rakuto Tochihara |
| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Cinematography | Taro Sakamoto |
| Distributed by | Toei Co. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | August 6, 2005 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $11,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace |
| Followed by | Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love |
Kamen Rider Hibiki & the Seven War Demons (仮面ライダー響鬼と７人の戦鬼 Masked Rider Echo Demon and the Seven War Demons) is the movie presentation of the Japanese children's show Kamen Rider Hibiki. The movie's title is an obvious reference to the classic Akira Kurosawa film, Seven Samurai. The movie serves as an alternate introduction to Kamen Rider Hibiki's final form and also explains the history of the Makamou and Oni war.
The film was produced by Ishinomori Productions and Toei, the producers of all the previous television series and films under the Kamen Rider franchise. Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with 2005s Super Sentai movie, Mahou Sentai Magiranger: The Bride of Infershia.
While the series was not popular among most fans of the franchise, the movie had excellent Japanese returns. It ended up being the most successful Kamen Rider movie in the history of the franchise, this title was nearly taken from it by Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love the following summer. Both films ended up being the first and second most successful Kamen Rider movies, respectively. This was the first of the third generation Kamen Rider movies to not have a two word sub title.
The movie's theme song was titled "Flashback" by rin.
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[edit] Synopsis
Hibiki and Asumu are on their way to a Makamou attack on the beach. Once they arrive their, they see dozens of people running from a massive Orochi, a beast rumored to be the strongest Makamou ever created. Once they arrive, Hibiki walks towards the Orochi and transforms, but all of his attacks prove useless against Orochi. The situation is made even more dire when Hibiki jumps in the way of an attack meant for Asumu. Taking the full force of the attack, Hibiki passes out as the Orochi swims away, leaving a panicking Asumu to get help.
Hibiki ends up in the hospital and Asumu begins blaming himself for Hibiki's injuries. Feeling useless, he begins helping at Tachibana's, going through dozens of books to try and discover a way to defeat the Orochi. Upon coming across a book with his name on it, Asumu sits down and begins to read what turns out to be the history of Takeshi, the Oni and the Makamou war.
In the Sengoku Jidai, also known as the Warring States era, a young boy who looks very much like Asumu is wandering around with a friend who resembles Hitoe. The two come across a young girl who resembles Akira. She is being offered up as a sacrifice to the Orochi. After some protesting from the girl's father, the girl is eaten and the Orochi swims away. In this time, the humans all knew and feared the Makamou.
After witnessing the sacrifice, a mark appears upon the hand of Asumu's friend. This mark means that she will be the next sacrifice to the Orochi. Asumu, unwilling to let his friend met such a fate, sets out to find a way to stop it. He meets people resembling Oyassan, Hinaka and Kasumi, they tell him about the Oni, who, to the people of the village, are no different than the Makamou at this point. Asumu understands the danger but insists on setting out, Oyassan sends along his daughters to help.
The group then enters a town being attacking by a Makamou. A young man appears before the Makamou, his name is Kabuki, an Oni who has been hired by the town's people to defeat the Makamou. Kabuki does just that and then finds out that the people can only pay him with food. Kabuki then offers his food to a younger boy, but the boy's mother quickly slaps the food away from the boy. The town believes that anyone who comes in contact with the Oni is marked for a painful death.
Afterward, the group comes to find a small home and inside they find Hibiki. Asumu instantly declares his hatred for this man as he believes him to be the one that killed his brother. Asumu's older brother, Takeshi, was the apprentice to Hibiki and was killed one day in a rock slide. Asumu found Hibiki carrying his brother's body and assumed that Hibiki was his brother's killer.
Without Hibiki, the group moves on to find the next Oni; Ibuki. They find Ibuki, or Prince Ibuki as he is known in this time, inside a castle filled with women, guards and advisers. Bored with his life as a feudal lord, Ibuki quickly takes care of his court and leaves with the group.
The group then heads on to a small temple. Inside they find a man who resembles Touki meditating. Ibuki says that he is a great and wise man, Kabuki doesn't believe this and throws a rock at Touki without him knowing to test him. Touki stops the rock in mid air and returns it right back at Kabuki's head. Touki then joins the group without much of a fight.
The Oni then try to trick the Makamou by setting Ibuki up as the sacrifice in Hitoe's place. After finding out it was all a trick, the Makamou the attack Hibiki, who is quickly aided by Kabuki and Touki. Touki makes quick work of the attacks with his freezing power, Orochi then shows up and forces the Oni to leave the battle.
Realizing their strength is not great enough yet, the group sets out to gain more partners. They meet Kirameki, a fish themed Oni who seems rather useless at first but joins anyway. Next the group make a stop in a village where Asumu is attacked by a group of Samurai. Hibiki, who has been following the group, quickly jumps in and saves Asumu without Asumu seeing anything thanks to his head being under a bucket.
The group then learn of Nishiki, the tiger themed Oni. He is to be put to death for a number of crimes. The group comes to witness his public beheading, but Nishiki surprises everyone by catching the sword to be used in his beheading with his teeth. He then escapes and joins the group, who are being watched by a young girl that turns out to be a Makamou.
Habataki is the next Oni to join the group. He used to fight in wars but no longer wishes to see violence now that he has a wife and son. It is only are persuasion from his wife, Habataki then joins the group. Todoroki is the next Oni to join the group, the group hears Todoroki begin attacked and join in to help him.
Back at Asumu's village, Hitoe has fallen ill and has gone to a cave for an unknown reason. A group of villagers then go out to retrieve Hitoe. The villagers are found murdered later, with Nishiki's weapon at the scene. The house where the Oni are staying is then burnt down, the Oni are told by the villagers that Nishiki's weapon was found at the sight of the murders. The group of Oni then get into a fight over the situation, the fight is then broken up once Hibiki comes along. It is then revealed to Asumu that Hibiki did not kill his brother but instead was crafting a special sword for him.
Hitoe is then brought home but is afraid of Kabuki. The night of the murder, she saw Kabuki killing the villagers and left Nishiki's weapon there to frame him. The Makamou from Kabuki's first fight then appears to help Kabuki fight Hibiki, the two get away without Hitoe. The group of Oni then break up and head their own ways, but before doing so, Todoroki returns Hibiki's tuning fork and Disc Animals to him.
Kabuki then ambushes Hibiki at his home, where Asumu appears and hands Hibiki the sword that Takeshi had made. He asks Hibiki to fight for the memory of his brother, and then for the first time in years, Hibiki transforms and fends off Kabuki and his Makamou partner. After a long battle, Hibiki is able to defeat the two.
Back at the beach, Hibiki begins fighting with a massive group of Ninja Makamou. Asumu then shows up with the other Oni who are there to help Hibiki. The battle goes on until Hibiki comes head to head with the Orochi. At the climax of the battle, the Armed Saber is swipped away from Hibiki's hands and into the sea.
Present day Asumu is then shown, closing the book as the last page is missing. Asumu then finds out that Hibiki is well and fighting the Orochi again. Apparently knowing where the Armed Saber is, Asumu heads off to a cave and finds it in there. He gives Hibiki the blade in the middle the battle with the Orochi. Hibiki is able to become Armed Hibiki and defeats the Orochi.
In the past, the group is seen talking. They mention that a human and Oni partnership would be best for both sides in the future. The other villagers agree and then decide that the group shall be called "Takeshi", honoring the memory of Asumu's brother.
[edit] Characters
[edit] T.V. Series
- Hibiki / Kamen Rider Hibiki - In the present he is the same as in the T.V. series. This is one of the few times when Hibiki is dealt an injury that causes an amount of damage that cannot be healed by his own powers. In the past he is a quiet man, after blaming himself for Takeshi's death, he gave up being an Oni.
- Ibuki / Kamen Rider Ibuki - Ibuki is not shown in the present time of the movie. In the past, Ibuki is a prince who has become bored with his life. Not content with having everything handed to him, he sets out with the group searching for adventure.
- Todoroki / Kamen Rider Todoroki - Todoroki is not shown in the present time of the movie. In the past he was a solo Oni. He has no connections to Touki or any past versions of Zanki. As in the series, he is still a new Oni, but unlike the series, he has never had a proper master.
- Adachi Asumu - In the present he is the reason of Hibiki's injuries, this leads to him reading the book that contains the history of Takeshi and the Oni. In the past his family is not shown, he is the reason all the current and new Oni gather to defeat the Orochi.
[edit] Movie Edition
- Kabuki / Kamen Rider Kabuki - At first he appears to be an Oni who wants to help people. This is shown when he offer his food to the young boy during his first battle. He is a young Oni but also acts serious in battle and is tough to defeat. He ends up betraying the Oni because he believes that even though the humans are weaker than either the Makamou and Oni, they will one day turn on them.
- Habataki / Kamen Rider Habataki - A quiet and calm guy who is racked with self-doubt and indecisiveness. He has fought in many of the great Japanese wars over the years. He gave up being an Oni after he had a son. He liked his quiet farm life better than fighting and having to kill, it was only due to his wife that he became an Oni once again.
- Nishiki / Kamen Rider Nishiki - A very wild an energetic man, he is an unconventional fighter. Despite his odd methods, he is a strong Oni and can defeat many Makamou at the same time. Of the entire group, he is the only Oni that speaks in Kansai-ben.
- Touki / Kamen Rider Touki - Of all the movie Oni, Touki is the one we learn the least about; though his ethics might hint he live his life as either a monk or exorcist. His shown as the strongest of the current Oni, it is said he is able to defeat various Makamou without even having to transform.
- Kirameki / Kamen Rider Kirameki - He is shown to be a coward among Oni and humans alike. Many of the Oni want nothing to do with him because the find him to be very annoying and more of a hinderence in battle than anything else. In the director's cut version of the movie, it is shown that he and Touki used to be partners until Kirameki ducked out of battle with a rather large Makamou, leaving Touki to fend for himself.
[edit] Movie Kamen Rider Attacks
- Kabuki
- Henshin Onsa (Black Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongekibou (Drum Sticks): Ressui
- Ongekida: Gouka Kenran
- Touki
- Henshin Onsa (Bronze Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Kanabou (Gong Stick): Rettou
- Ongekiou: Ichigeki Dotou
- Kirameki
- Henshin Onsa (Silver Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekimei (Trumpet Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Cymbal: Retsuban
- Ongekihyou: Keichou Fubaku
- Nishiki
- Henshin Onsa (Clear Red Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Triangle: Ressetsu
- Ongekikyou: Irasshai
- Habataki
- Henshin Onsa (Gold Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekimei (Trumpet Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Flute: Rekkuu
- Ongeki Sou: Senpuu Issen
- Meitou Onsaken (The Onsa's sword form)
[edit] Takeshi
While the movie's version of how Hibiki became Armed Hibiki and gained the Armed Saber is different of that than the television series, the rest of the movie is considered to be canon. Much of the history of the Makamou and Oni was only mentioned in small dialogue in the television series. It was not until the movie was released that we learned the true heritage of the partnership between the Oni and the humans, as well as the history of the war between the Makamou and the Oni. It is believed that the Makamou history was simply written off as myths by modern day humans, thus they are unaware of the existence of neither the Oni and Makamou.
