Kamen Rider: The First
2005 1h 30m movie Film Japan

Kamen Rider: The First

仮面ライダー THE FIRST

Synopsis

仮面ライダー THE FIRST

Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.

The 2004–2006 Japan Window

347 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kamen Rider: The First sits at position #213.

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Kamen Rider: The First. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kamen Rider: The First premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
18
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,004 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,183 of 1,714 (top 69%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Ishinomori Productions, Toei Company
Runtime 1h 30m
Release Date December 5, 2005
IMDb tt0471223

Themes & Motifs

  • superhero
  • transformation
  • plastic surgery
  • tokyo
  • japan
  • motorcycle
  • super power
  • reboot
  • based on tv series
  • henshin heroes
  • tokusatsu
  • kamen rider

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