# Kamen Rider: THE FIRST (2005)

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**Original title**: *仮面ライダー THE FIRST*
**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Takao Nagaishi
**Written by**: Toshiki Inoue
**Starring**: Masaya Kikawada, Hassei Takano, Rena Komine, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Eiji Wentz, Ryoko Kobayashi

> *A Hero Born of Loss, Will Clear the Path to Justice.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Tokyo subway tunnel hums above ground. Underground, a white coat’s sleeves are pinned by black gloves. The coat belongs to Takeshi Hongo, swallowed whole by a shifting nightmare of chrome and shadow.

One jerk of a gear and his spine clicks into place. His skull plates seal. The hum becomes a heartbeat.

A 60s blow-up doll, suddenly alive in the wrong decade.

**Mood tags**: playful, unhinged

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