Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue

Kamen Rider's TRUE century is about to begin!

Directed by Makoto Tsuji

Produced by Toei Company, Ishimori Production

199288 min6.2 / 10

A dark, body-horror-inflected origin story that transforms a hero's creation into a nightmare of scientific ambition and genetic transgression.

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.

Questions people ask

  • Is Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue sad? 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.

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