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The Moon Mask Rider (1981)

"A super hero on a super bike now on screen in a super live action."

Genre : Action, Adventure

Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Yukihiro Sawada

Synopsis

The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.

Actors

Daisuke Kuwabara
Daisuke Kuwabara
Moon Mask Rider
Etsuko Shihomi
Etsuko Shihomi
Ikuko
Daijirô Harada
Daijirô Harada
Junichi Inoue
Junichi Inoue
Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki
Takayuki Godai
Takayuki Godai
Takeo Chii
Takeo Chii
Takuya Fujioka
Takuya Fujioka
Tomoe Saito
Tomoe Saito
Yoshirō Uchida
Yoshirō Uchida
Yumiko Furaya
Yumiko Furaya

Crews

Yukihiro Sawada
Yukihiro Sawada
Director
Kōhan Kawauchi
Kōhan Kawauchi
Creator
Kōhan Kawauchi
Kōhan Kawauchi
Writer
Yukihiro Sawada
Yukihiro Sawada
Writer
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Director of Photography
Setsu Asakura
Setsu Asakura
Costume Design
Hiroshi Tokuda
Hiroshi Tokuda
Production Design
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Minoru Nobuoka
Minoru Nobuoka
Sound
Kazuo Yabe
Kazuo Yabe
Gaffer

Trailers and other movies

The Moon Mask Rider (1981) 月光仮面 - Movie Trailer - Far East Films

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