The Moon Mask Rider (1981)
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.
Director: Yukihiro Sawada
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Daisuke Kuwabara as Moon Mask Rider |
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Etsuko Shihomi as Ikuko |
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Daijirō Harada as |
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Junichi Inoue as |
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Mizuho Suzuki as |
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Takayuki Godai as |
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Takeo Chii as |
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Takuya Fujioka as |
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Tomoe Saito as |
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Yoshirō Uchida as |
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Yumiko Furaya as |
| Directing | Yukihiro Sawada | Director |
| Writing | Kōhan Kawauchi | Writer |
| Writing | Yukihiro Sawada | Writer |
| Lighting | Kazuo Yabe | Gaffer |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Camera | Yoshihiro Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Kōhan Kawauchi | Creator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Setsu Asakura | Costume Design |
| Art | Hiroshi Tokuda | Production Design |
| Sound | Minoru Nobuoka | Sound |
