Kamen Rider The Next
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| Japanese | 仮面ライダー THE NEXT |
| Hepburn | Kamen Raidā Za Nekusuto |
| Directed by | Ryuta Tasaki |
| Produced by | Kazuo Katō Shinichirō Shirakura Naomi Takebe Kōichi Yada |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Based on |
Kamen Rider and Kamen Rider V3 by Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Starring |
Masaya Kikawada Hassei Takano Kazuki Kato Miku Ishida Erika Mori Tomorowo Taguchi Goro Naya |
| Music by | Goro Yasukawa |
| Cinematography | Issei Tanaka |
| Edited by | Hideaki Ōhata |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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93 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Kamen Rider: The Next (仮面ライダー THE NEXT Kamen Raidā Za Nekusuto?, Masked Rider: The Next) is a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue. The film was released on October 27, 2007. The film borrows elements from the Kamen Rider V3 television series and is a sequel to the Kamen Rider: The First movie (which was a film adaptation of the original Kamen Rider series). Actor Kazuki Kato, who had previously portrayed Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake in Kamen Rider Kabuto, portrayed Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3. Both Masaya Kikawada and Hassei Takano reprise their roles as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1 and Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider 2, respectively. It was given a PG-12 rating for its brief nudity and violence.
Two years after the events of Kamen Rider the First, a strange series of bizarre murders occur with the victims mutilated in a most gruesome fashion while pop star Chiharu's "Platinum Smile" is being played, becoming an urban legend. Meanwhile, Takeshi Hongo has become a high school science teacher with a troublesome class with one student catching his attention; a troubled girl named Kotomi Kikuma who was best friends with Chiharu and is worried about her. By the time Hongo and her find a dying "Chiharu", they learn she's actually an imposter as the Shocker Inhumanoid Chainsaw Lizard arrives with the six Shocker Riders to carry out the task of executing Hongo, forcing him to reveal himself in as Kamen Rider 1 to Kotomi before escaping his hunters. At around the same time, Hayato Ichimonji is shown still alive but slowly weakening due to his body's rejection of the cybernetic changes which made him Kamen Rider 2.
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