

However, Yano is killed in the struggle, and Asuka finds Hongo next to his body. Amidst an attempt on their lives with assistance from Shocker soldier Spider, Hongo's memories resurface and he fights Spider. While successfully completing a mission, he meets Shocker's Major Agents, who order him to kill witnesses to their operations, journalist Asuka Midorikawa, and her fiancé Katsuhiko Yano. In the present, Shocker Inhumanoid Bat kidnaps college student Takeshi Hongo to convert and mentally condition him into the Shocker soldier "Hopper". One year prior, two terminally ill hospital patients are given a chance to live by the terrorist organization Sacred Hegemony of Cycle Kindred Evolutional Realm, otherwise known as "Shocker", who relocate them to their island base to convert them into the cyborg Inhumanoids Cobra and Snake. 4 Differences between film and television.

It was followed by a sequel, Kamen Rider: The Next. The film was produced by Ishinomori Productions and Toei, who have also produced every previous television series and films in the Kamen Rider franchise. The film's theme song is "Bright! our Future" by Da Pump, though the opening features a small portion of the original Kamen Rider theme song, "Let's Go!! Rider Kick", sung by Masato Shimon.

American anime distributor Media Blasters released the film subtitled-only on Region 1 DVD on April 3, 2007, but this version of the film is no longer in print. It was released on Region 2 DVD on April 21, 2006. While it was the first Kamen Rider to be released independently, it was not screened on major Toei-affiliated cinemas, and was only shown on around 20 theatres during its first day. The film was released theatrically on November 5, 2005, though it had several early screenings around Tokyo during the previous two months, beginning on October 23, at the Tokyo Film Festival. Written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Takao Nagaishi, the film stars Masaya Kikawada as Takeshi Hongo/ Kamen Rider 1 and Hassei Takano as Hayato Ichimonji/ Kamen Rider 2. The film is a reboot adaptation of the television series Kamen Rider, though there are many differences between the film and the original programme some of these, however, are due to a closer reliance on the original Kamen Rider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori. Kamen Rider: The First ( 仮面ライダー THE FIRST, Kamen Raidā Za Fāsuto, Masked Rider: The First) is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film.
