 This article is about a film in Kamen Rider (Skyrider).
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Kamen Rider The Movie: 8 Riders VS GingaOh (<劇場用カラー新作> 仮面ライダー 8人ライダー VS 銀河王, Gekijōyō Karā Shinsaku Kamen Raidā: Hachi-Nin Raidā Tai Ginga-Ō) is the movie of Kamen Rider (Skyrider). It unites the first eight Kamen Riders as Skyrider joins with the Seven Legendary Riders before him.
Overview[]
Eight Riders vs. GingaOh is the first original theatrical production in six years, following the 1974 film Five Riders vs. Kingdark, which accompanied the TV series Kamen Rider X. In the interim, theatrical releases of Kamen Rider Amazon and Kamen Rider Stronger had been screened as part of the Toei Manga Festival in spring and summer of 1975, having been respectfully "blown-up" from Amazon's sixteenth episode and Stronger's seventh episode.
A the first time for the Kamen Rider Series, this film was produced with a running time of 40 minutes, ranked as a "class A" production: The cost of production was twice the average Toei Manga Festival production. Initially, it was considered to release the film in its own right beyond the children's box office.
It was the first tokusatsu superhero feature screened at Toei Manga Festival since Spider-Man and Message From Space: Galactic Wars, both screened in 1978. This release would begin a revival of tokusatsu features incorporated into the festival.
Led by Skyrider, this film featured the debut of the hero's new "Powered Skyrider" form, prior to its debut in the twenty-eighth episode of the Kamen Rider TV series. While an action-oriented work with less drama, the film was managed by creator Shotaro Ishinomori, who oversaw large-scale action and special effects scenes.
Planning[]
In the original story draft by Shotaro Ishinomori, Kamen Rider was to confront Neo Shocker's Vampire Army (吸血鬼軍団, Kyūketsuki Gundan), which intended to use the gravity-controlling artillery developed by Dr. Ramon (羅門博士, Ramon Hakase). Air fighting sequences were to fully demonstrate the Skyrider's flight capability. Dr. Ramon and Neo Shocker's base at Mt. Fuji, the latter of which also appears in the finished work, were created at this stage, with Dr. Ramon envisioned as a mastermind manipulating both Kamen Rider and Neo Shocker. Additional enemy characters were Neo Shocker's executive, Count Dracula (ドラキュラ伯爵, Dorakyura Hakushaku), accompanied by a subordinate monster, the Pteranodon-based Teranodojin (テラノドジン), who was represented by rough design drawn by Ishinomori.[1]
Synopsis[]
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Plot[]
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Characters[]
Kamen Riders[]
| Skyrider | Hiroshi Tsukuba |
Seven Legendary Riders[]
| Kamen Rider 1 | Takeshi Hongo |
| Kamen Rider 2 | Hayato Ichimonji |
| Kamen Rider V3 | Shiro Kazami |
| Riderman | Joji Yuki |
| Kamen Rider X | Keisuke Jin |
| Kamen Rider Amazon | Daisuke Yamamoto |
| Kamen Rider Stronger | Shigeru Jo |
Allies[]
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Villains[]
Cast[]
- Hiroshi Tsukuba (筑波 洋, Tsukuba Hiroshi): Hiroaki Murakami (村上 弘明, Murakami Hiroaki)
- Takeshi Hongo (本郷 猛, Hongō Takeshi): Hiroshi Fujioka (藤岡 弘, Fujioka Hiroshi)
- Hayato Ichimonji (一文字 隼人, Ichimonji Hayato): Takeshi Sasaki (佐々木 剛, Sasaki Takeshi)
- Shiro Kazami (風見 志郎, Kazami Shirō): Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, Miyauchi Hiroshi)
- Joji Yuki (結城 丈二, Yūki Jōji): Takehisa Yamaguchi (山口 豪久, Yamaguchi Takehisa)
- Keisuke Jin (神 敬介, Jin Keisuke): Ryo Hayami (速水 亮, Hayami Ryō)
- Daisuke Yamamoto (山本 大介, Yamamoto Daisuke): Toru Okazaki (岡崎 徹, Okazaki Tōru)
- Shigeru Jo (城 茂, Jō Shigeru): Shigeru Araki (荒木 茂, Araki Shigeru)
Suit Actors[]
- Skyrider: Tetsuya Nakayashiki (中屋敷 哲也, Nakayashiki Tetsuya)
- Kamen Rider V3, Jaguar Van: Hiroo Kawarazaki (河原崎 洋夫, Kawarazaki Hiroo)
- Kamen Rider V3: Haruhiko Hashimoto (橋本 春彦, Hashimoto Haruhiko)
- Kamen Rider Stronger: Junichi Akasaka (赤坂 順一, Akasaka Jun'ichi)
- GingaOh: Takezo Miyamoto (宮本 竹蔵, Miyamoto Takezō)
- Suddendas: Hiroshi Ueda (上田 弘司, Ueda Hiroshi)
- Armadig: Nobuyuki Ishizuka (石塚 信之, Ishizuka Nobuyuki)
Theme song[]
- "Kagayake! Hachinin Rider" (輝け! 8人ライダー, Kagayake! Hachinin Raidā, "Shine! Eight Riders")
- Lyrics: Saburō Yatsude
- Composition & Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Artist: Ichirou Mizuki and The Chirps
- This theme would later be used as the second ending theme of the series starting from episode 29 to the end of the series.
Errors[]
- Skyrider appears in his Powered Skyrider suit, although he would not achieve this form until episode 28.
Notes[]
- Eight Riders vs. GingaOh was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc on August 4th, 2000.
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max featured homages to this movie in the form of Super GingaOh and Suddendath, who were based on GingaOh and Suddendas from this movie.
- Shotaro Ishinomori has a cameo appearance at the beginning of the movie.
- The opening sequence of this movie, featuring a line-up of the eight Riders, was directly recycled for the TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984), with Super-1 and ZX added at the end.
- Footage from this movie was featured in the 1988 TV special Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering, which served as a recap of the ten veteran Kamen Riders up to Kamen Rider Black RX.
Digital Releases[]
- Kamen Rider: The Movie DVD Volume 3 features Kamen Rider Amazon (film), Kamen Rider Stronger (film) and Eight Riders vs. GingaOh.[2]
- Kamen Rider: The Movie Blu-ray Volume 2 features Eight Riders vs. GingaOh, Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie, Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima & Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass.
- Eight Riders vs. GingaOh is included in Kamen Rider: The Movie Blu-ray Box 1972-1988, a Blu-ray compilation Boxset of Showa Rider movies.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 仮面ライダー1971-1984 2014, pp. 404-405, 「石ノ森章太郎氏劇場用直筆アイデアメモ」
- ↑ http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/ridermovie.html
- ↑ http://www.toei-video.co.jp/BD/maskedridermovbdbox.html
