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Kamen Rider: Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus

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"Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus"
Series Kamen Rider
Season 1, Episode 16
Kamen Rider 1x16 001
Air date July 17th, 1971
Writers Masaru Igami
Director Itaru Orita
Producers Seiji Abe; Tôru Hirayama
Starring Takeshi Sasaki; Akiji Kobayashi; Jirô Chiba; Linda Yamamoto; Wakako Oki; Kazumi Nakajima
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"Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus" (悪魔のレスラー ピラザウル) is the sixteenth episode of the Kamen Rider live-action superhero adventure series. It was directed by Itaru Orita with a script written by Masaru Igami. It first aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET in Japan on July 17th, 1971.

Plot[]

Shocker creates its latest cyborg assassin - Pirasaurus, whose powers are gleaned from a reptile and who has a death mist projector implanted into his head. Pirasaurus tests his might by hijacking a bus load of tourists. He emits his death mist, killing all of the passengers, but unfortunately, he is not immune to his own power and dies as well.

Shocker executive Maya brings the corpse back to their lair to see what went wrong. The scientists determine that the human host was simply not strong enough to embody the Pirasaurus power. After running their requirements through a data system, they determine that Japan's most famed professional wrestler, Noboru Kusaka, will be the perfect host.

Noboru Kusaka participates in a televised event in a sixty minute two out of three match against another wrestler. Hayato Ichimonji is present at ringside and is taking photos. After Kusak secures the win, he retires to his dressing room. Maya and her Shocker assassins lie in wait. They incapacitate Noboru with a poison dart then take him away. Maya runs Noboru's car off a cliff to make it seem like an accident.

Some distance away, Noboru's little brother Kiyoshi waits anxiously for Noboru to return. When this fails, he tells Tobei Tachibana that Noboru is missing.

Back at their lair, the Shocker scientists successfully transform Noboru Kusaka into the new Pirasaurus. The final stage of the process is to remove Noboru's memory. Pirasaurus disguises himself as another wrestler called Satan Mask and participates in a brutal bought. Kiyoshi recognizes this masked figure as his brother and tries to reason with him. Noboru dispatches the child violently then reveals himself as the new Pirasaurus. Kamen Rider appears and fights up against Pirasaurus as well as Shocker's cyborg trainer, Hurricane Joe. The new Pirasaurus proves to be the most challenging adversary Kamen Rider has faced yet.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Takeshi Sasaki Kamen Rider 2, Hayato Ichimonji
Akiji Kobayashi Tôbei Tachibana
Jirô Chiba Kazuya Taki
Linda Yamamoto Mari
Wakako Oki Yuri Ishikura
Kazumi Nakajima Michi

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Taku Fujiki Noboru Kusaka
Tsutomu Harada Hurricane Joe
Anne Mari Maya
Yasuharu Miura Goro
Gorô Naya Leader of Shocker voice
Akira Oizumi Ring announcer
Yôko Shimada Hiromi Nohara
Kazuya Watanabe Kiyoshi Kusaka
Isao Yatsu Pirasaurus voice

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Kamen Rider was created by Shotaro Ishinomori for a Manga series in 1971. The series was adapted into a live-action program that same year produced by the Toei Company and Ishinomori Productions. It ran for ninety-eight episodes from 1971-1973. The series spun out into numerous sequel programs and films.
  • The Japanese title for this episode is "Akuma no Resurā Pirazaurusu".
  • This episode was filmed in Tokyo, Japan.
  • This episode is included on the Kamen Rider, Volume 3 DVD collection, as well as the Kamen Rider, Volume 1 Blu-ray and 4K re-mastered editions.
  • This is the first appearance of Pirasaurus, who dies in this episode.
  • This is the first appearance of Pirasarus II, whose real name is Noboru Kusaka.
  • This is the third appearance of Hayato Ichimonji as Kamen Rider 2.
  • This is the first appearance of Maya. She appears next in "Death Match in the Ring: Defeat Pirasaurus".
  • This is the first appearance of Hurricane Joe. He appears next in "Death Match in the Ring: Defeat Pirasaurus".

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