Sougo and his friends end up in 16th century Japan during the legendary battle between Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Katsuyori after being approached by Go Shijima to prevent the erasure of Krim Steinbelt and Kamen Rider Drive from history. As Woz reveals himself to be a member of Quartzer, a group of time traveling observers, the truth behind Ohma Zi-O becomes clearer...
Soon afterwards, Sougo, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, and Woz receive a call for help from both Go Shijima and Krim Steinbelt, who plead for the four to go back in time and protect Krim's ancestor from being killed, which would result in Drive's history disappearing in the process. The team would follow through this request and travel to 1575, during the prelude from the famed Battle of Nagashino. Sougo and Geiz infiltrate Oda Nobunaga's ranks, but Geiz ends up taking Nobunaga's place as Nobunaga runs off and tries to court Clara Steinbelt. Discovering her identity as Krim's ancestor, they move in to protect her from being attacked by Kamen Rider Zonjis and Kamen Rider Zamonas.
As the Battle for Nagashino began, a cowardly Nobunaga pleads Geiz to take his place, which he does. The Nobunaga army wins as history tells, but Geiz later calls Nobunaga out for "changing history". Sougo decides to let Nobunaga do what he wants, as this was "his present". He compares this to when Geiz and Tsukuyomi first came to his timeline, where they were sure Sougo would inevitably become Ohma Zi-O. But with the future having been proven possible to be changed, Souga refraines from forcing Nobunaga into a role he doesn't desire.
After delivering Clara Steinbelt back to her lover Pietro, the team return to 2019, where Krim and Go wait for them and give Sougo the Drive and Mach Ridewatches. However, Woz steals the Ridewatches and presents them to his "true" leader, SOUGO Tokiwa. As a member of Quartzer, it's their job to control all of history to SOUGO's demands, while essentially making Sougo a "kagemusha" of the true SOUGO. SOUGO puches Sougo off the structure their on, later confining him in prison. He activates the Dai Mazines, which begin to rise up from under the city. With the Dai Mazines activating, a singularity is created and everything from the Heisei era of the current world begins being absorbed into it.
An imprisoned Sougo angrily asks why Woz betrayed him, which he responded that his true loyalty always lied with SOUGO before leaving, saying he was proud to have called Sougo his "king" before he departs. Sougo then spoke to another inmate, Takeshi Kinashi, who tells Sougo to owe up to his destiny as the "chosen one". Tsukuyomi and Go arrive to break out Sougo. A disguised Geiz tries to get past SOUGO to steal the Ridewatches, he is exposed but manages to run off with them. Woz follows to get the Ridewatches back, they transform and fight all the while Geiz tries to convince Woz to return to them.
Sougo confronts SOUGO who proceeds to declare his true purpose for stealing the Ridewatches: Using their power he'll unify the Heisei era, which was broken in unconnected and unfitting settings, rebuilding everything in a unified world view under his control. SOUGO transforms into Barlckxs while Geiz arrives to help Sougo. Even with Grand Zi-O's ability to summon Heisei Riders to help fight Barlckxs, he is unable to win. Barickxs claims that the power of the Heisei era can't affect him. Sougo is thrown into the singularity.[2]
Sougo wakes up in his past, seeing memories of himself as a child playing with his parents, Sougo watches as his younger self declare that he'll become a king in the future. In the end, these memories turn out to be little more than illusion, as Sougo suddenly appears in a deserted wasteland in 2068. Once there, he is greeted by Ohma Zi-O himself. The future demon king explains that SOUGO's claims are true, and Sougo was never born to be king. In spite of that, his dream leads Sougo to become Ohma Zi-O. Sougo chooses to embrace his dream, even if he wasn't born to do it.
Awakening back in the present, Sougo declares that he wants to be king to help the world, not to rule over it, when the Ohma Zi-O Ridewatch materializes in his hand. Sougo transforms into Zi-O OhmaForm as a gigantic projection of Ohma Zi-O appeared behind him. Witnessing this, Woz makes a grand speech about Zi-O OhmaForm being the advent of a new history that wasn't in his book. Zi-O lands in front of Zonjis and Zamonas and fights them. Witnessing Sougo’s quality as the one true king, Woz renounces his Quartzer membership in front of SOUGO, before he tears his Ohma Advent Calendar apart, stating that history is not set in stone, and that his allegiance belonged to the Heisei Riders. With the destruction of his beloved book, the pages fly into space and alter the singularity's functions. The Dai-Mazines that appeared in space quickly lose their power source and fall like meteors to the ground.
Zi-O OhmaForm's arrival is followed by Go Shijima recovering his powers and transforming to help save civilians. The remaining Heisei Riders reappear to join the battle against the Quartzers. Riders also start materializing from alternative dimensions, such as miniseries (Kamen Rider Brain), theater posters (Kamen Rider Zangetsu Kachidoki), games (The Goriders), specials (Kamen Rider G) and even manga (Kuuga). They all help fight the army of Kasshines that appeared across the city. All 19 previous Heisei Kamen Riders begin transforming into their final forms.
Just as Woz revels in the Heisei Riders victory, Barlckxs throws his Revolcane and fatally wounds Woz. Geiz appears to support Woz and declars for everyone to stand with their True King. After witnessing Zi-O OhmaForm gallantly battling with Barlckxs and succeed in destroying the remaining Dai Mazines Woz dies. The Heisei Riders successfully defeat Zonjis and Zamonas. Cornered, Barlckxs then uses Kamen Rider Black RX BioRider and J's Ridewatch to transform into a liquefied giant and begins attacking all the Heisei Riders. Though the situation looks bleak, Sougo remains defiant. He, with all the main Heisei Riders, then use their combined Rider Kicks and penetrate Barlckxs last shield (a gigantic, liquefied board), dealing the finishing blow. In disbelief, Barlckxs shows the damaged board, now imprinted with Heisei in Kanji before exploding, killing the Leader of Quartzer for good.
With the defeat of Barlckxs, Geiz and Tsukuyomi begin to disappear because the future is now unknown. In spite of that, they're happy because it means they accomplished their mission. The other Quartzer members reappear before Sougo and asks him if he is fine with the world as it is: disjointed and lacking unity. He replies that he is fine with it because life is like that. They tell him they're interested in seeing how his future will turn out.
When returning home, Geiz, Tsukuyomi and Woz are mysteriously restored, waiting for him.
Post-Credit Scene[]
Back in the scene of the battle, Kamen Rider Zonjis has recovered. He claims to be the one who will rule over the Reiwa era. However, the Rider from Sougo's dream, Kamen Rider Zero-One appears and announces he is the first Kamen Rider of the Reiwa era. Zero-One fends off the Kasshines and defeats Zonjis using Flying Falcon, putting an end to his ambitions.
The catchphrases for the movie are "The Final Chapter of Heisei Kamen Riders" (平成仮面ライダー、最終章。,Heisei Kamen Raidā, Saishūshō.) and "Break through the Eras, Change the Future." (時代を壊せ、未来を変えろ。,Jidai wo Kowase, Mirai wo Kaero.).
The film premiered in Japanese theaters on July 26, 2019, and released in both DVD and Blu-Ray formats on January 8, 2020
Theatrical Poster
DVD Standard Edition
DVD Collector's Pack
Blu-Ray Collector's Pack
The film saw its first international release in Thailand for a limited time starting on August 31, 2019, with both a Thai dub and the original Japanese-language showing with Thai subtitles.
The film was also released in Malaysia on October 19, 2019, available with both a Malaysian dub and the original Japanese-language with Malaysian subtitles.
The film was also released in Indonesia on October 30, 2019.
The film was also released in Singapore on November 23, 2019.
The film was also released in Hong Kong on November 28, 2019, available in the original Japanese-language with Cantonese subtitles. It was also released in Taiwan on December 13, 2019, available in Japanese language with Traditional Chinese subtitles.
The film also began streaming in China's Mainland on Tencent Video starting on January 8, 2020. An opening night ceremony for the film was held on December 21 in Shanghai prior to the release.
In 2020, the film was made available on iTunes in Southeast Asia. [5]
Malaysia poster
Thailand promotion banner
Hong Kong poster
Taiwan poster
China's Mainland poster
SEA Apple TV poster
South Korea poster
Errors[]
The sounds for each of Go's transformation into Mach were mistimed as the sounds appeared to be delayed.
Similar delays in sound occur during the scene where the past Riders all transform into their final forms.
When Jogen activates his Ridewatch, the Anotherwatch activation sound is played instead of the standard Ridewatch sound.
After Go gave Sougo the Mach Ridewatch, the timeline changed and he lost his memories. However, he suddenly regains his memories back in the next scenes.
When GrandZi-O fighting with Barlckxs, a "Kabuto" sound is played, however, there is no sign for Kabuto being summoned.
Instead of inserting Rider Pass into DenKamen Sword, Den-O accessed Liner Form by dialing K-Taros first before attaching it to his belt, a method used for accessing Climax Form by Imagin. However, the K-Taros is used on his belt in Liner Form.
When OOO transforms into Putotyra Combo, the scanning sound is heard twice.
Behind the Scenes[]
Kikaider 01 on set for Over Quartzer as a stand-in for Kamen Rider Zero-One.
In the film, Kamen Rider Zero-One is introduced to a large audience by Woz. This scene was filmed outside Hachimanzuka Tomb in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, with over 1200 extras present. At the time of filming however, Zero-One had not been publicly revealed yet and Kikaider 01 was used as a stand-in, while still getting the scene to work as intended due to the similarities in both characters' names (Kikaider 01 and Zero-One). Zero-One's scenes were later filmed separately, replacing Kikaider 01 entirely, with Zero-One being digitally superimposed over the background of the audience in some scenes.
Barlckxs was supposed to have a sword fight against Zi-O OhmaForm, however this was cut for unknown reasons.
Notes[]
Ridewatch Count at movie end
Watches in Zi-O's possession: Zi-O, OOO Tajadol Combo, Kodama, Zi-O II, Zi-OTrinity, Chalice, GrandZi-O, Mach, Ohma Zi-O, Phone, Bike
Watches in Geiz's possession: Geiz, Cross-Z, Genm, Knight, GeizRevive, Phone, Bike
Watches in Tsukuyomi's possession: Phone, Taka
Watches in Woz’s possession: Woz, Shinobi, Quiz, Kikai, Ginga, Phone
Watches in unknown possession: Barlckxs, Zonjis, Zamonas, Black RX, Roborider, Biorider, Shin, ZO, J, Amazon Omega, Amazon Alpha, Amazon Neo
This is the first movie to be released in the Reiwa era.[6]
The film's three villain Riders' names and designs take elements from and represent series that have aired in the Heisei Era, but do not fall under the Heisei series classification:
Barlckxs - Kamen Rider Black RX: The first Kamen Rider television series broadcasting in the Heisei Era, starting with Episode 11.
Zamonas - Kamen Rider Amazons: A net series based on re-imagination of a Showa Rider which premiered in the Heisei Era but not counted as a main installment of the Heisei Riders series.
Coincidentally, all three Riders' names end with the same pronunciation: ス (su,ス).
It is the only Kamen Rider Zi-O movie to not feature any Another Rider.
Kamen Rider Shinobi's transformation jingle could be heard in some of the Sengoku Period scenes.
Legend Rider statues appearing in the sky.
A new transformation sequence of GrandZi-O is featured in this movie, as the Legend Rider statue is larger, and appearing in the sky instead of from the ground.
Kamen Rider 1's transformation sounds can be heard during Kamen Norider's conversation with Sougo.
Decade sporting the original Decadriver
Kamen Rider Decade appears in his original Decadriver, instead of the NeoDecadriver version obtained in TV series. Producer Shinichiro Shirakura revealed that this version of Decade originates from 2009.[7]
This isn't the first instance where Decade uses his original Decadriver again as shown in Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever, although the difference is that the latter film takes place before his appearance in Zi-O.
This film marks the first on-screen appearance of:
The licensed debut of Takeshi Kinashi/Kamen Norider in the Kamen Rider Series since the original parodyshow was discontinued after the production team received Toei's warning in 1991.
Kamen Rider G after his one-off debut special Kamen Rider G.
During SOUGO's demise, he holds a shield with the characters for Heisei (平成,Heisei), a reference to the reveal announcement of the era's name by now-former Japan chief cabinet secretary Keizō Obuchi in 1989.
How Sougo's acquisition of OhmaForm affected Tsukuyomi's existence is not revealed in the movie, as she belongs to a different timeline.
"We miss you, Yoshinori Watanabe" text
The film is dedicated to Yoshinori Watanabe in the post-credit scenes, who passed away earlier in 2019.
This article is about a movie in Kamen Rider Zi-O.
, and is a tribute to both Kamen Rider Drive and the Heisei-era. Kamen Rider Zero-One, the first Rider of the Reiwa-era, makes an early-bird appearance ahead of his in-series debut.
