Kamen Rider ZO

Kamen Rider ZO

A Neo-Life Form is threatening Earth!! Transform!! Rider! It's time to settle the score!!

Directed by Keita Amemiya

Produced by Ishimori Production, Toei Company

199350 min7.3 / 10

A colorful tokusatsu action film about a transformed superhero awakening to protect a child from a genetic threat, balancing spectacle with earnest heroism.

Masaru Aso was the lab assistant of geneticist Doctor Mochizuki, used as one of his experiments related the creation of the Neo Organism, enabling him to transform into a grasshopper-like being called Kamen Rider ZO. He fled into the mountainside and went into a coma before he was awakened by a telepathic call two years later with an unconscious urge to protect Hiroshi Mochizuki, the son of Doctor Mochizuki.

Questions people ask

  • Is Kamen Rider ZO violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

  • Does Kamen Rider ZO end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Kamen Rider ZO scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Kamen Rider ZO sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Kamen Rider ZO easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

Written about

80/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity68

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise92

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Kamen Rider ZO

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Kamen Rider ZO

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Kamen Rider ZO, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Kamen Rider ZO, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Kamen Rider ZO, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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