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Kamen Rider: THE FIRST
Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.
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Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.
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Genre:Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Written By:Toshiki Inoue
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Toei Company, Ishimori Production, Toei Advertising, TOEI CHANNEL, Toei Video Company, Toei Tokyo
Cast
Takao Nagaishi
Director
Masaya Kikawada
Takeshi Hongo / Kamen Rider #1
Hassei Takano
Hayato Ichimonji / Kamen Rider #2
Rena Komine
Asuka Midorikawa
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Tobei Tachibana
Eiji Wentz
Haruhiko Mitamura
Ryoko Kobayashi
Miyoko Harada
Mayumi Sada
Shocker Staff: Lady
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Shinigami
Eiji Maruyama
Dr. Shinigami (voice)
Itsuji Itao
Spider
Kanji Tsuda
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