https://gizmodo.com/shin-kamen-rider-us-...1850364040
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Quote:[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]Shin Kamen Rider Is Finally Coming to the U.S., for One Day Only[/color]
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.65)]Neon Genesis Evangelion, Godzilla, and Ultraman director Hideaki Anno's take on the Tokusatsu icon is coming stateside... but just barely.[/color][color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)]
By James Whitbrook
Published April 21, 2023
Screenshot: Toei
Good news! [i]Shin Kamen Rider[/i], [i]Evangelion[/i] creator Hideaki Anno’s radical re-imagining of the legendary Japanese superhero series, is finally making its way to American shores. Bad news: you better be available for [i]one day[/i], because that’s all it’s getting.
Fathom Events has announced that it will theatrically distribute [i]Shin Kamen Rider[/i], which debuted in Japan last month, as a limited screening event across the U.S. on May 31.
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The movie follows Takeshi Hongo, played by [i]The Last Samurai[/i]’s Sosuke Ikematsu, a young man who awakens to find himself transformed into a cyborg agent of the mysterious organization SHOCKER. Rebelling against his new masters and pledging to destroy them, Hongo becomes Kamen Rider, a superhero capable of taking on SHOCKER’s machinations (mostly by riding cool motorbikes and kicking the crap out of them). It’s Anno’s first solo movie in the “Shin” re-imagining franchise he kicked off with director Shinji Higuchi with [i]Shin Godzilla[/i] in 2016, followed by [i]Shin Ultraman[/i] last year.
Tickets for the screenings will go on sale May 5.
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