The Moon Mask Rider

Movie·1981·1h 34m

The Moon Mask Rider

"A super hero on a super bike now on screen in a super live action."

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 月光仮面

The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.

Written By

Kōhan Kawauchi

Cinematography

Yoshihiro Yamazaki

Editor

Akira Suzuki

Themes

masksuperheroreligious cult

Production House

Premier International Corporation
Toei Company

Audience Score

65%

3 votes

Skip12%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection23%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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Cast

Daisuke Kuwabara

Moon Mask Rider

Etsuko Shihomi

Etsuko Shihomi

Ikuko

Daijirō Harada

Daijirō Harada

Junichi Inoue

Junichi Inoue

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Takayuki Godai

Takayuki Godai

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Tomoe Saito

Yoshirō Uchida

Yoshirō Uchida

Yumiko Furaya

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Crew

Yukihiro Sawada

Yukihiro Sawada

Director, Writer

Kōhan Kawauchi

Kōhan Kawauchi

Writer

Akira Suzuki

Editor

Yoshihiro Yamazaki

Director of Photography

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