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Kamen Rider1971

Name: Kamen Rider
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 1971-04-03
Rating: 7

Created by Jun Watanabe

7.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.5TMDB 6.4

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Year

1971

Seasons

Network

tv asahi

Status

Returning Series

The premise

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Horror Vault's take

A gifted motorcycle racer's life is torn apart when a shadowy global organization abducts him and forcibly transforms him into a cyborg weapon. Refusing to be their tool, he breaks free and turns their own dark science against them to defend humanity from a relentless parade of engineered monsters. Each episode pits this reluctant hero against increasingly dangerous creations, while the weight of what was done to his body haunts every battle. It's a foundational piece of Japanese tokusatsu that blends superhero spectacle with an undercurrent of tragedy.

Content: Mild Violence, Monster Combat, Themes Of Abduction And Involuntary Body Modification

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E40 · Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders

10.0

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E40 · Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders

10.0

★ 5.3 avg· 40h 50m total· Apr 1971 → Feb 1973

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S1.E1 · The Mysterious Spider ManPremiere
6.0
Apr 3, 1971 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
Takeshi Hongo, a young scientist boasting of an IQ of 600 and a racing prodigy, is abducted and his body surgically remodeled by Shocker, an evil secret society plotting for global domination.
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S1.E2 · The Terrifying Bat Man
5.0
Apr 10, 1971 · 25 min · Dir: Itaru Orita
Hongo wins the championship, but the model who brings him his bouquet suddenly bares her fangs and attacks! With growing suspicion, Hongo investigates the woman's home, and finds it has been transformed into a lab.
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S1.E3 · Monster, Scorpion Man
4.0
Apr 17, 1971 · 25 min · Dir: Koichi Takemoto
Shocker tests their mysterious Scorpion Man by releasing their slave workers and telling them that they can have their freedom if they can escape within 10 minutes, but one by one they die at the Scorpian Man's hands.
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S1.E4 · Cannibalism, Sarracenian
4.0
Apr 24, 1971 · 25 min · Dir: Itaru Orita
At an amusement park's botanical gardens, people begin to go missing. The young boy Kenji's older sister Yukie gets snatched away, and he tries to tell someone that his sister was attacked by a giant King Sarracenian!!
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S1.E5 · Monster, Mantis Man
1.0
May 1, 1971 · 25 min · Dir: Hidetoshi Kitamura
While a series of strange earthquakes are going on, Hongo is contacted by his childhood friend and seismologist, Amemiya Chikako, who tells him, “Something is planning to cause a major earthquake.”