Japan 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.
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.
Other Titles From Ishinomori Productions
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kamen Rider: The First itself).
The 2004–2006 Japan Window
Kamen Rider: The First holds position #213 of 347 Japan films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kamen Rider: The First premiered alongside 116 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 116 other Japan films in 2005.
The 1766th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
18 audience reviews — more than 32% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kamen Rider: The First, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- plastic surgery · 4
- motorcycle · 22
- tokusatsu · 21
- kamen rider · 21
- transformation · 16
- reboot · 13
- henshin heroes · 6
- japan · 454
- superhero · 80
- tokyo · 78
- super power · 61
- based on tv series · 37
Reception Benchmarks
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 |