Kamen Rider: The Next
Kamen Rider The Next THE NEXT , Kamen Raid Za Nekusuto? , Masked Rider The Next is a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue. The film was released on October 27, 2007. The film borrows elements from the Kamen Rider V3 television series and is a sequel to the Kamen Rider The First movie which was a film adaptation of the original Kamen Rider series. Actor Kazuki Kato, who had previously portrayed Daisuke KazamaKamen Rider Drake in Kamen Rider Kabuto, portrayed Shiro KazamiKamen Rider V3. Both Masaya Kikawada and Hassei Takano reprise their roles as Takeshi HongoKamen Riderand Hayato IchimonjiKamen Rider 2, respectively. It was given a PG12 rating for its brief nudity and violence.
The next day, after saving Kotomi from some punks by exposing his physical ability, Hongo accepts Kotomis offer to help in finding Chiharu by finding her older brother Shiro Kazami, who is the former president of the rising IT enterprise ExaStream, which is tied to the mysterious disappearance of its staff two months prior. Making their way to his holiday home to meet Kazami, Hongo and Kotomi soon learn that he is in league with Shocker as Chainsaw Lizard and the Shocker Riders battle Kamen Rider Ichigo on as Kazami joins the fray as a Shocker Inhumanoid codenamed V3. After chasing down Riderin a high speed chase across the countryside, V3 and the Shocker Riders take down Rideruntil Kamen Rider Nigo reappears to cover Rider 1s escape. But after realizing his sister was another imposter, Kazami reveals the incident at ExaStream was a Shocker experiment of Nanobots designed to convert all humans in Japan into cyborgs, with him being a survivor of the experiment. The three riders later learn that Kotomi found the other girl, revealing the gruesome fate the real Chiharu suffered as she and her predecessor were involved, horrifying Kazami as Kotomi is telepathically shown the truth of the real Chiharus final moments as Chiharu runs off and eventually is brutally murdered with the manager and the record dealer who were covering up her death as Kotomi uses Platinum Smile to communicate with Chiharu, learning that shes still alive as the ghost takes its leave.After Kazami reveals to Hongo that Shockers foreign branch brought a shipment of nanobots to spread them across the nation, Riderarrives to intercept the convoy while battling Scissors Jaguar, the mastermind behind the nanobot operation, with Riderarriving to back him up as the battle ends up in the Legend of Gathering restaurant in an all out fight for the nanobots. Though the Double Riders are overwhelmed, the tables are turned as V3 arrives to support them. While the Double Riders kill Scissors Jaguar,
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