 This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider Black Sun.
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WARNING: This episode contains scenes of gore, body mutilation, drug abuse, and drinking. Viewer discretion is advised! |
Episode 1 (第一話, Dai Ichi-wa) is the first episode of Kamen Rider Black Sun.
Synopsis[]
Sacred stones are implanted in the bodies of two boys. Decades later, the world is divided. There are those who want to eliminate the "kaijin" and those who want to coexist with them. In the midst of this, there is a man, Kotaro Minami who’s somewhat a recluse. A young activist, Aoi Izumi wants to change the divided world. When Aoi and Kotaro meet, the time which had stopped begins to move again…
Plot[]
Years ago, childhood friends Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were given implants of Kingstones by their fathers, which turn them into kaijin.
In the present day, 14-year-old activist Aoi Izumi gives a speech at the UN in New York on equal rights for kaijins. In Japan, anti-kaijin protesters mock the kaijin in-disguise amongst kaijin activists, which results in the kaijin being shot and killed by police. Kotaro, who so happened to be nearby, walks off on his own ignoring the protests. That night, he injects himself with ketamine.
In an underground prison, a captive Nobuhiko is given a supply of Heaven, a supplement secreted from the Creation King that is being held underground of the Gorgom Party headquarters. After briefly welcoming Aoi back to Japan, the Prime Minister meets with the Gorgom and sends the Spider Kaijin to find her.
Kotaro currently works as a bounty hunter of sorts and receives a job to kill Aoi Izumi. At home, Aoi goes to visit her friend Shunsuke Komatsu. The next day, Aoi is welcomed back at school due to her successful speech in New York but they are interrupted by anti-kaijin protestors outside the school. After school, Aoi and Shunsuke are attacked by the Spider Kaijin, but they are saved by Kotaro who then discovers that Aoi has a Kingstone on her. The resonance causes him, Nobuhiko, and the three members of the Gorgom to temporarily tap into their Kaijin powers, resulting in Nobuhiko escaping from his prison while Kotaro transforms into his Kaijin form and kills the Spider Kaijin.
He takes Aoi back to his place but finds Nobuhiko in the corner, who wants to recruit Kotaro to fight the Creation King.
Cast[]
- Kotaro Minami (南 光太郎, Minami Kōtarō): Hidetoshi Nishijima (西島 秀俊, Nishijima Hidetoshi)[1]
- Kotaro as a younger man from 1972 is portrayed by Aoi Nakamura (中村 蒼, Nakamura Aoi)
- Kotaro as a child is portrayed by Ryusei Iwata (岩田 琉聖, Iwata Ryūsei)
- Nobuhiko Akizuki (秋月 信彦, Akizuki Nobuhiko): Tomoya Nakamura (中村 倫也, Nakamura Tomoya)
- Nobuhiko as a child is portrayed by Kanaru Suzuki (鈴木 奏晴, Suzuki Kanaru)
- Aoi Izumi (和泉 葵, Izumi Aoi): Kokoro Hirasawa (平澤 宏々路, Hirasawa Kokoro)
- Shunsuke Komatsu (小松 俊介, Komatsu Shunsuke): Genki Kimura (木村 舷碁, Kimura Genki)
- Yukari Shinjo (新城 ゆかり, Shinjō Yukari): Haruka Imou (芋生 悠, Imou Haruka)
- Shinichi Donami (堂波 真一, Dōnami Shin'ichi): Lou Oshiba (ルー 大柴, Ru Oshiba)
- Oliver Johnson (オリバー・ジョンソン, Oribā Jonson): Moctar (モクタール)
- Tasuku Komatsu (小松 佐, Komatsu Tasuku): Akie Namiki (並木 愛枝, Namiki Akie)
- Shigeo Komatsu (小松 茂雄, Komatsu Shigeo): Takamitsu Nonaka (野中 隆光, Nonaka Takamitsu)
- Darom (ダロム, Daromu): Baijaku Nakamura (中村 梅雀, Nakamura Baijaku)
- A younger Darom from 1972 is portrayed by Nao Okabe (岡部 尚, Okabe Nao)
- Bishum (ビシュム, Bishumu): Yoh Yoshida (吉田 羊, Yoshida Yō)
- A younger Bishum from 1972 is portrayed by Mana Sakurai (櫻井 麻七, Sakurai Mana)
- Baraom (バラオム, Baraomu): Pretty Ohta (プリティ 太田, Puriti Ōta)
- Bilgenia (ビルゲニア, Birugenia): Takahiro Miura (三浦 貴大, Miura Takahiro)
- Bat Kaijin (コウモリ怪人, Kōmori Kaijin): Takuma Otoo (音尾 琢真, Otō Takuma)
- Whale Kaijin (クジラ怪人, Kujira Kaijin): Gaku Hamada (濱田 岳, Hamada Gaku)
- Flea Kaijin (ノミ怪人, Nomi Kaijin): Daisuke Kuroda (黒田 大輔, Kuroda Daisuke)
- Anemone Kaijin (アネモネ怪人, Anemone Kaijin): Miwako Kakei (筧 美和子, Kakei Miwako)
- Spider Kaijin (クモ怪人, Kumo Kaijin): Issei Okihara (沖原 一生, Okihara Issei)
- Kozo Minami (南 光三, Minami Kōzō): Kou Maehara (前原 滉, Maehara Ko)
- Soichiro Akizuki (秋月 総一郎, Akizuki Soichiro): Shusaku Kamikawa (上川 周作, Kamikawa Shûsaku)
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- During the episode's early screening at Tokyo International Film Festival, many viewers reportedly had to leave due to nausea caused by Kumo's brutal death.