The Moon Mask Rider

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

1981 1h 34m JA

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★6.5TMDB · 3

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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.

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

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Cast

Daisuke Kuwabara
Moon Mask Rider
Etsuko Shihomi
Ikuko
Daijirō Harada
Junichi Inoue
Mizuho Suzuki
Takayuki Godai
Takeo Chii
Takuya Fujioka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yukihiro Sawada
Writers: Kōhan Kawauchi, Yukihiro Sawada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yukihiro Sawada, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Daisuke Kuwabara and Etsuko Shihomi and Daijirō Harada carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0203520 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yukihiro Sawada directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Akira Suzuki cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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145 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Yukihiro Sawada, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Daisuke Kuwabara and Etsuko Shihomi and Daijirō Harada carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: ""A super hero on a super bike now on screen in a super live action."".
7IMDB entry: tt0203520 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.