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The Moon Mask Rider (1981)
Directed by Yukihiro Sawada
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Overview
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.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Daisuke Kuwabara | Etsuko Shihomi | Daijiro Harada | Jun'ichi Inoue | Mizuho Suzuki | Takayuki Godai | Takeo Chii | Takuya Fujioka | Tomoe Saito | Yoshiro Uchida | Yumiko Furaya
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/07/2023 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 4 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
Thanks to DKUTV I finally got this in my eyeballs. Too bad it’s pretty underwhelming. Even the design of the mask for Gekko Kamen is sub-par. Such an odd movie given the weird cult angle. Were cults topical for Japan at the time? I much prefer the old film from the 1950s to this one.
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