Kamen Rider ZO
1993 50m movie Film Japan

Kamen Rider ZO

仮面ライダーZO

Synopsis

仮面ライダーZO

Masaru Aso was the lab assistant of geneticist Doctor Mochizuki, used as one of his experiments related the creation of the Neo Organism, enabling him to transform into a grasshopper-like being called Kamen Rider ZO. He fled into the mountainside and went into a coma before he was awakened by a telepathic call two years later with an unconscious urge to protect Hiroshi Mochizuki, the son of Doctor Mochizuki.

The 1992–1994 Japan Window

112 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kamen Rider ZO sits at position #27.

  1. Furuhata Ninzaburo
    #1

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    ★ 8.8 · 1994

  2. Slam Dunk
    #2

    Slam Dunk

    ★ 8.6 · 1993

  3. Yu Yu Hakusho
    #3

    Yu Yu Hakusho

    ★ 8.6 · 1992

  4. Magic Knight Rayearth
    #4

    Magic Knight Rayearth

    ★ 8.5 · 1994

  5. Sailor Moon
    #5

    Sailor Moon

    ★ 8.4 · 1992

  6. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
    #6

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War

    ★ 8.3 · 1993

  7. Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!
    #7

    Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!

    ★ 8.1 · 1992

  8. Sailor Moon R: The Movie
    #8

    Sailor Moon R: The Movie

    ★ 7.9 · 1993

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Other Titles From Ishimori Productions

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kamen Rider ZO premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
18
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,294 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #567 of 1,714 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Ishimori Productions, Toei Company, Ishinomori Productions
Runtime 50m
Release Date April 17, 1993
IMDb tt0099917

Themes & Motifs

  • monster
  • superhero
  • super power
  • child protection
  • tokusatsu
  • kamen rider

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