In the turn of the 20th century, a stellar parasite called "Fog Mother" begins its millennial hatching of its brood to infest the planet Earth. However, a sacrifice is required for Fog Mother to fulfill its ritual. Environmental photographer Kouji Segawa's sister is abducted and he is left for dead by Fog Mother's underlings, but mysterious beings known as "Earth Spirits" resurrect him into the warrior Kamen Rider J. With his newly-acquired powers, Kouji must race against time to save his sister and prevent Fog Mother from destroying all life on Earth. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 仮面ライダーJ
- Also Known As: Kamen Raidā Jei , Masked Rider J
- Director: Amemiya Keita
- Screenwriter: Uehara Shozo
- Genres: Action, Tokusatsu, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi
Cast & Credits
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![Mochizuki Yuuta in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Mochizuki Yuuta in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Mochizuki YuutaSegawa Koji / Kamen Rider JMain Role -
![Nomura Yuka in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Nomura Yuka in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Nomura YukaKimura KanaSupport Role -
![Kurihara Satoshi in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Kurihara Satoshi in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Kurihara SatoshiAgitoSupport Role -
![Yoko Mari in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Yoko Mari in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Yoko MariZuSupport Role -
![Okamoto Jiro in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Okamoto Jiro in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Okamoto JiroKamen Rider J [Suit actor]Support Role -
![Kusaka Hideaki in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)]( "Kusaka Hideaki in Kamen Rider J Japanese Movie (1994)")
Kusaka HideakiCobra Man [Suit actor]Support Role
Reviews
The weaker of the Amemiya duology
Easily the weaker of Keita Amemiya's two Kamen Rider films, but J does many things that ZO doesn't. Kamen Rider J skips out on the backstory of its Rider and instead leaves the questions till later opting for the action-first approach. The creature designs are suitably Amemiya with the direction and music as great as they always are, I could have done without the annoying little sidekick as it felt like Amemiya was trying to draw in a younger crowd with it, given the costume design of Zu it feels like the exact opposite, she possesses considerable dommy energy.Was this review helpful to you?
-Pretty good plot and protagonist.
-Really cool action and sets.
-Really good cast of actors.
Everything the movie did bad:
-Lots of pacing issues, it feels like this movie's plot would bave worked far better as a show rather than a movie.
-Not the most unique plot.
Reasons for the movie's strengths:
The cast was selected very carefully. The special effects director Nobuo Yajima had experience in Super Sentai and Ultraman allowing to do the giant scenes in J properly.
Reasons for the movie's problems:
The movie's production was temporally halted because it the staff weren't allowed to release a movie in January like they originally intended and was only allowed to resume production when they secured being able to do released in April of next year. This resulted in the movie being filmed in just 20 days.
Creator Shotaro Ishinomori and director Keita Amemiya didn't want to have a Giant rider, and the idea was implemented alongside the movie's name in the very last draft of the script.
Overall:
Pretty good film overall but not particularly great, the pacing drags it down significantly and feels like the movie isn't able to make the most use of its concepts. It's not a must-see movie by any means but if you're really into Kamen Rider I would recommend it still since it doesn't do anything offensively bad and it's still a good time overall.
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