Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
Seen it?1992 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Spider-Man 2, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 14K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Makoto Tsuji
- Shin IshikawaShin Kazamatsuri / Kamen Rider Shin
- Yumi NomuraAi Asuka
- Akira IshihamaDaimon Kazamatsuri
- Kiyomi TsukadaSarah Fukamachi
- Daijirō HaradaIwao Himuro
- AndreGoushima / Transformed Goushima / Cyborg Soldier Level 2
- Kouki KataokaGiichi Onizuka / Transformed Onizuka / Cyborg Soldier Level 3
- Masanobu TakashimaTakuya Yuuki
- Masaki TerasomaOne of the Organization Leaders
- Shotaro IshinomoriMan with Listening Device in Beginning