History Film / KamenRiderTheFirst

Also in 2005, Toei decided to reintroduce the very first Rider to modern audiences. Thus, was born ''Kamen Rider The First'', a theatrical remake of [[Series/KamenRider the first series]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} "To continue, the soul."]]'']]

%%* BattleCouple: Snake and Cobra.

%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
%%* NotMyDriver: Spider's Modus Operandi at the beginning of the film.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Hayato Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than his counterpart in the original show.
* AllegedLookalikes: The woman only spots one of the two Hopper operatives in night time, making it harder to distinguish their PaletteSwap. On top of that, she's seen Hopper no. 1 without the helmet once, but because of aforesaid problems with color perception, she doesn't know that it him who saves her later since he keeps the helmet on this time, AND she comes across Hopper no. 2 in the daytime and thinks ''that's'' the one who saved her. That would make sense in the show, where for the longest time, only small details kept them from being 100% identical. But this being the big-budget remake, the producers knowingly pimped out the suits with heavy detailing just to make sure you weren't counting arm-stripes to tell them apart.

* BattleCouple: Snake and Cobra.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* NotMyDriver: Spider's Modus Operandi at the beginning of the film.

* TransformationSequence: Averted. When Hongo spins the wheel on his [[TransformationTrinket Typhoon]], we cut to the already-suited Rider as he puts his helmet on. (You'll hardly even notice at that point that he ''is'' suited, as the suit is less spandexy than the {{Toku}} norm. It fits the darker, more "realistic" film.
* WhatIf: The film answers the question of what if Hongo didn't escape getting [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed by Shocker]].
** Answer: He's still gonna break his own brainwashing and kick their ass anyway.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Of the original series. Which was fairly dark to begin with...

* WhatIf: The film answers the question of what if Hongo didn't escape getting BrainwashedAndCrazy.
** Answer: He's still gonna kick Shocker's ass anyway.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than his counterpart in the original show.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} "It's the soul to succeed."]]'']]

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* TransformationSequence: Averted. When Hongo spins the wheel on his driver, we cut to the already-suited Rider as he puts his helmet on. (You'll hardly even notice at that point that he ''is'' suited, as the suit is less spandexy than the {{Toku}} norm. It fits the darker, more "realistic" film.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than in the original show.

Followed by Film/KamenRiderTheNext in 2007.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Meta example. The First!Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than Original!Ichimonji in the original show.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than in the original show.

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* ActorAllusion: Hongo Takeshi as a DoggedNiceGuy only makes sense if you know that Kikawada Masaaya was also one in ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon.''

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Licensed by MediaBlasters, but the DVD is now out of print.

* ScienceMarchesOn: The film makes repeated references to a famous experiment involving ice crystals that has since been discredited (and most serious scientists thought was a bunch of NewAge-y hippy crap from the get-go, anyway). In their defence, the film is just being poetic about it.

* ActorAllusion: Hongo Takeshi as a DoggedNiceGuy only makes sense if you know that Kikawada Masaaya was also one in PrettyGuardianSailorMoon.

* RemakeCameo: Hiroshi Miyauchi(Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3 in the original series) as Tobei Tachibana.

* AllegedLookalikes: The woman only spots one of the two Hopper operatives in night time, making it harder to distinguish their PaletteSwap. On top of that, she's seen Hopper no. 1 without the helmet once, but because of aforesaid problems with color perception, she doesn't know that it him who saves her later since he keeps the helmet on this time, AND she comes across Hopper no. 2 in the daytime and thinks ''that's'' the one who saved her. That would make sense in the show, where for the longest time, only small details kept them from being 100% identical. But this being the big-budge remake, the producers knowingly pimped out the suits with heavy detailing just to make sure you weren't counting arm-stripes to tell them apart.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hassei Takano, AKA [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Kamen Rider Raia]], is Ichimonji.

* AllegedLookalikes: The two Hopper operatives get confused at night, despite the PaletteSwap.

In 2005, Toei's latest entry in its ''KamenRider'' series, ''KamenRiderHibiki'', fell victim to [[ExecutiveMeddling the conflicting desires of executives and storytellers.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hassei Takano, AKA [[KamenRiderRyuki Kamen Rider Raia]], is Ichimonji.

Followed by KamenRiderTheNext in 2007.

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