Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

Credits
Title:	Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
Director:	Minoru Yamada
Writers:	Masaru Igami
Producers:	Tôru Hirayama
Composer:	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Production
Production company:	Ishinomori Productions
Distributed by:	Toei Company
Released:	March 18th, 1972
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	32 min.
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
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Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (仮面ライダー対ショッカ) is a film short of the action & super-hero tokusatsu genre. It is associated with the Kamen Rider television series from 1971. It was directed by Minoru Yamada with a script written by Masaru Igami. It was produced by Ishinomori Productions and premiered theatrically in Japan on March 18th, 1972 as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri theatrical event.

Plot[]

Actor	Role
Hiroshi Fujioka	Kamen Rider 1, Takeshi Hongo
Takeshi Sasaki	Kamen Rider 2, Hayato Ichimonji
Jirô Chiba	Kazuya Taki
Akiji Kobayashi	Tobei Tachibana
Hideyo Amamoto	Doctor Shinigami
Gorô Naya	Sôsai
Mahito Tsujimura	Zanjiô voice
Shinji Nakae	Narrator

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 original Japanese transliteration for this film short is Kamen Raidā Tai Shokkā. 仮面ライダー対ショッカ redirects to this page.
This film short premiered on the same day that episode 51 of the regular series, "The Rock Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick", aired on MBS TV.
This film was also screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 31st, 2021.