| Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final | |
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| Directed by | Ryuta Tasaki |
| Produced by | Ishimori Productions Toei |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Starring | Takamasa Suga Satoshi Matsuda Natsuki Katou Ayano Tsugiyama |
| Distributed by | Toei Co. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | August 17, 2002 |
| Running time | 69 min Theatrical |
| Language | Japanese |
Kamen Rider Ryuki The Movie: Episode Final (劇場版 仮面ライダー龍騎 ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ ＦＩＮＡＬ Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Ryūki Episōdo Fainaru) is the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2002 Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Ryuki, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue.
The film is produced by Ishimori Productions and Toei, the producers of all the previous television series and films of the Kamen Rider series. Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with the movie for 2002's Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushuuto the Movie, both of which premiered on August 17, 2002. The film's title is translated into English as Masked Rider Ryuki The Movie: Episode Final.
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This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short.
As Yui's life grows short, she recalls memories and shows Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama pictures of her childhood drawing, which explains the reasoning for the Advent monsters and Shiro's reason to start the Rider War.
Shinji, while on a case bumps into Miho Kirishima after she manages to con another wealthy man and take Shinji's wallet, before he comes after her, and the two of them reveal themselves as Riders to each other, before fighting mirror monsters. Upon their first battle together, Shinji, then as Kamen Rider Ryuki and as always, tries to convince Miho, as Kamen Rider Femme, not to fight, and she rejects, though having feelings for him.
The other Riders continue fighting within one another, with their own goals present. Miho is revealed to fight for two reasons: to resurrect her late sister who was murdered by Takeshi Asakura, whom she wished to take revenge on, which was her second reason. The other, Ryuga, with the reason to fight so he can be a real human in the real world.
While Takeshi Asakura as Ouja battles Miho as Femme, they battle, with Femme on the losing end. Ouja unites his monsters to form Genocider and finish Femme off for good, before he is stopped by Ryuga, who attacks him, but instead destroys his Genocider reverting him to his blank form. Femme then finds Ouja, and hits his Advent deck, shattering it, which leaves him unable to survive in the mirror world. He disappears after attempting to kill Femme before disintegrating and the first of the six remaining Riders to be finished.
Within the battle, Shuichi Kitaoka, as Kamen Rider Zolda, had traded blows with Femme, which resulted in the injuring of his own wrist, which made him unconscious after battle. He tells Goro Yura he would fight again, before changing his mind and deciding to forfeit his mission as a Rider, as he decides to date Reiko Momoi again.
Miho mistakes Shinji as Ryuga, where she treats him to dinner, claiming Shinji had saved her life and assisted her in getting a step closer to winning the Rider war with Shinji completely unsure of her sudden kind attitude to her. While in the Bathroom, the mirror Shinji enters, and disguised as the real one, tries to throw Miho off the roof of the building where they are, before she realises that this isn't Shinji. He reveals himself as Ryuga, and Miho transforms to Femme to fight him. Ren, then as Kamen Rider Knight and fighting another Mirror monster, notes Ryuga and Femme fighting, mistaking Ryuga to be Shinji. Femme is soon mortally wounded, but saved by Shinji as Ryuki who then catches a glimpse of his own mirror doppelganger before Ryuga leaves. After leaving the Mirror world, Shinji and Miho share a final moment together, before Miho dies from her wounds shortly after seeing Shinji off.
Ren returns to Shinji, thinking Shinji has finally realised the meaning of the Rider War and demands the two of them fight, while Shinji rejects Ren bluntly and claims he never thought of that.
Shinji then remembers, that he had previously known Yui as a child, and had abandoned her previously. This made her create a doppelganger Shinji in the mirror world, then revealed as the mysterious Kamen Rider Ryuga, a darker form of Ryuki. Shinji then feels that, it was his own fault that such a thing had happened which resulted in a darker side of him being made into the mirror and more trouble for him in the mirror world. Taking Shinji's guilt into account, Ryuga tricks Shinji into uniting both bodies so he can be a real human, succeeding to take over Shinji's body.
This is seen by Ren, who battles Ryuga and the two of them fight while Yui's life shortens further. After defeating Knight, Ryuga tries to strike before Shinji within Ryuga struggles, which results in the two of them fighting each other. After a climatic battle, Ryuga is killed by his original counterpart as they both activate Final Vent on each other.
After the battle with Shinji surviving, Ren tells Shinji that he must win, and that Shinji agrees he shall not let up and will fight Ren willingly. Before they fight, Shinji and Ren transform into their respective Survive Rider forms and face a horde of Hydragoon mirror monsters as the movie ends.
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