Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue

DVD cover art
Japanese 真・仮面ライダー 序章(プロローグ)
Hepburn Shin Kamen Raidā: Purorōgu
Directed by Osamu Tsuji
Produced by Shin Unosawa
Satoshi Kubo
Nagafumi Hori
Shin'ichirou Shirakura
Written by Jun'ichi Miyashita
Jou Onodera
Starring Katsuhisa Ishikawa
Yumi Nomura
Akira Ishihama
Music by Ryuudou Uzaki
Kaoru Wada
Takefumi Haketa
Yoshihiro Matsura
Distributed by Toei Company
Release dates
  • February 20, 1992 (1992-02-20)
Running time
 88 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (真・仮面ライダー 序章(プロローグ) Shin Kamen Raidā: Purorōgu, translated as True Masked Rider Prologue) is a 1992 V-Cinema film and is the 11th production in the Kamen Rider Series.

Shin was released on DVD on April 25, 2008, by Bandai Visual.[1] It was later released on Toei's subscription channel which featured Shin during its special Kamen Rider 40th anniversary line up in July 2011.[2][3]

Shin Kamen Rider makes appearances in the films of the later Kamen Rider Decade television series. He is also the primary focus of one of the All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker comedic webisodes.[4] Kamen Rider Shin also appears as a playable character in 2011 video game in Nintendo DS video game - All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.[5]

The film targeted the now-adult fans of the original series in which Shotaro Ishinomori, the creator of Kamen Rider, makes a cameo appearance in this film. Shin Kazamatsuri is a professional motorcyclist who gave up his chances for fame to help his father Daimon Kazamatsurimake to make a positive change in the world by volunteering as a test subject for his experiment to cure diseases, oblivious to the mad ambitions of his father's partner, and the true goal of the sinister organization funding them.

For English markets, Toei has marketed the film as True Masked Rider: Prologue.[6]

Plot

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists, who are researching cures for diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject, Shin Kazamatsuri, who races motorcycles, is Doctor Kazamatsuri's son. Unknown to the doctors, their operation is funded by a syndicate group who plans to use their research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain. The Doctors were previously unsuccessful on experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions. Onizuka wants to create a new species of soldiers by fusing the DNA of a grasshopper and test subjects to start a new civilization and be their God. He may have tested it on himself but seems to be having greater success with Shin.

Meanwhile, a dangerous creature is stalking the city, killing people, as Shin dreams of that creature. While Shin believes he is the one causing the murders, he eventually finds Onizuka's plan and discovers that it is Onizuka who has been behind the killings. Onizuka has experimented on himself and altered his genes, making him a humanoid grasshopper. The telepathy of grasshoppers allowed him to communicate with Shin, resulting in Shin witnessing the murders.

The syndicate learns of Onizuka's plans and they have him institutionalized. As if the syndicate were not enough, a CIA agent tracks Shin and wants him eliminated, for he doesn't know the true threat Shin could pose. Repulsed, Shin investigates all he can about the experiment for which he had foolishly volunteered to be a part of.

Characters

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 of this Karmen Rider Gaia was originally of more 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 Shin.[7]

Cast

Staff

Song

References

  1. ↑ "生誕20周年記念作品『真・仮面ライダー 序章（プロローグ）』がDVD化". CDJournal.com. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  2. ↑ "2011年7月のラインナップ". Toei Channel. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ↑ "真 仮面ライダー 序章（ﾌﾟﾛﾛｰｸﾞ）／東映チャンネル". Toei Channel. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  4. ↑ "陳情！ 真・仮面ライダー第1章!!". Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  5. ↑ "仮面ライダー総集結のアクションゲーム『ライダージェネレーション』が発売！". Dengeki.com. 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Toei Official English Title List". Scifi Japan. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kamen Rider Art Collection: Hero Edition (仮面ライダーアートコレクション ヒーロー編 ). Page 75, June 2003. ISBN 978-4-8402-2373-7
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