Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons
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| Kamen Rider Hibiki: and The Seven Fighting Demons |
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| Directed by | Tarō Sakamoto |
| Produced by | Ishinomori Productions Toei |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Starring | Shigeki Hosokawa Jyoji Shibue Shingo Kawaguchi Rakuto Tochihara |
| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Cinematography | Masao Inokuma |
| Distributed by | Toei Co. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | September, 2005 |
| Running time | 75 min Theatrical/
90 min Director's Cut. |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $11,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace |
| Followed by | Kamen Rider Kabuto: GOD SPEED LOVE |
Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons (仮面ライダー響鬼と７人の戦鬼 Kamen Raidā Hibiki to Shichinin no Senki?) is the movie presentation of the Japanese tokusatsu Kamen Rider Hibiki, directed by Tarō Sakamoto and written by Toshiki Inoue. The movie's title is a reference to the classic Akira Kurosawa film, Seven Samurai. The movie serves as an alternate introduction to Kamen Rider Hibiki's final form and also explains the history of the Makamou and Oni war.
The film was produced by Ishinomori Productions and Toei, the producers of all the previous television series and films under the Kamen Rider franchise. Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with 2005's Super Sentai movie, Mahou Sentai Magiranger: The Bride of Infershia.
This was the first of the Heisei era Kamen Rider movies to not have a two word subtitle.
This movie also served as the introduction of the new director and writer team that would later go on to replace producers Shigenori Takadera and Shinichiro Shirakura in the series.
The movie's theme song was titled "Flashback" by rin.
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[edit] Synopsis
Hibiki and Asumu are on their way to a Makamou attack on the beach. Once they arrive there, they see dozens of people running from the massive Orochi, a beast rumored to be the strongest Makamou ever created. Once they arrive, Hibiki walks towards the Orochi and transforms, but all of his attacks prove useless against Orochi. The situation is made even more dire when Hibiki jumps in the way of an attack meant for Asumu. Taking the full force of the attack, Hibiki passes out as the Orochi swims away, leaving a panicking Asumu to get help. Hibiki ends up in the hospital and Asumu begins blaming himself for Hibiki's injuries. Feeling useless, he begins helping at Tachibana's, going through dozens of books to try and discover a way to defeat the Orochi. Upon coming across a book with his name on it, Asumu sits down and begins to read what turns out to be the history of Takeshi, the Oni and the Makamou war.
In the Sengoku Jidai, also known as the Warring States era, a young boy who has the same resemblance and name as Asumu is wandering around with a friend who resembles Hitomi, named as Hitoe. The two come across a young girl, Suzu, who resembles Akira. She is being offered up as a sacrifice to the Orochi. After some protesting from the girl's father, the man was killed by Douji and Hime before Suzu and her father's corpse were consumed by the Orochi. In this time, the humans all knew and feared the Makamou. A year after the sacrifice, a mark appears upon the hand of Hitoe. This mark means that she will be the next sacrifice to the Orochi. Asumu, unwilling to let her meet such a fate, sets out to find a way to stop it. He meets people resembling Oyassan, Hinaka and Kasumi, they tell him about the Oni, who, to the people of the village, are no different than the Makamou at this point despite fighting the monsters. Asumu understands the danger but insists on setting out, despite his own history with a Oni, Oyassan sends along his daughters to help.
The group then enters a town being attacking by a Makamou. A young man appears before the Makamou, his name is Kabuki, an Oni who has been hired by the town's people to defeat the Makamou. Kabuki does just that and then finds out that the people can only pay him with food. Kabuki then offers his food to a younger boy, but the boy's mother quickly slaps the food away from the boy. The town believes that anyone who comes in contact with the Oni is marked for a painful death. Afterward, the group comes to find a small home and inside they find Hibiki. Asumu instantly declares his hatred for this man as he believes him to be the one that killed his brother. Asumu's older brother, Takeshi, was the apprentice to Hibiki and was killed one day in a rock slide. Asumu found Hibiki carrying his brother's body and assumed that Hibiki was his brother's killer.
Without Hibiki, the group moves on to find the next Oni; Ibuki. They find Ibuki, or Prince Ibuki as he is known in this time, inside a castle filled with women, guards and advisers. Bored with his life as a feudal lord, Ibuki quickly takes care of his court and leaves with the group. The group then heads on to a small temple. Inside they find a man who resembles Touki meditating. Ibuki says that he is a great and wise buddhist priest, Kabuki doesn't believe this and throws a rock at Touki without him knowing to test him. Touki stops the rock in mid air and returns it right back at Kabuki's head. Touki then joins the group without much of a fight.
The Oni then try to trick the Makamou by setting Ibuki up as the sacrifice in Hitomi's place. After finding out it was all a trick, the Makamou then attack Ibuki, who is quickly aided by Kabuki and Touki. Touki makes quick work of the attacks with his freezing power, Orochi then shows up and forces the Oni to leave the battle and receive a cold welcome from the villagers for making it worst for them. Realizing their strength is not great enough yet, the group sets out to gain more partners. They meet Kirameki, a fish themed Oni who seems rather useless at first but joins anyway. Next the group make a stop in a village where Asumu is attacked by a group of Samurai. Hibiki, who has been following the group, quickly jumps in and saves Asumu without Asumu seeing anything thanks to his head being under a bucket.
The group then learn of Nishiki, the tiger themed Oni. He is to be put to death for a number of crimes. The group comes to witness his public beheading, but Nishiki surprises everyone by catching the sword to be used in his beheading with his teeth. He then escapes and joins the group, who are being watched by a young girl that turns out to be a Makamou that specializes in killing Oni. Habataki is the next Oni to join the group. He used to fight in wars but no longer wishes to see violence now that he has a wife and son. It is only are persuasion from his wife, Habataki then joins the group. While they were travelling, they found Todoroki being attacked by a crab Makamou. Nishiki, Habataki and Kirameki transformed and join in to help him. Todoroki joined them as his thanks.
Back at Asumu's village, Hitoe has fallen ill and has gone to a cave to hide. However, the Makamou threaten the villagers with a plague if the girl is not bring to Orochi at once. A group of villagers then go out to retrieve Hitoe after the Oni returned. The villagers are found murdered later, with Nishiki's weapon at the scene. The house where the Oni are staying is then burnt down, the Oni are told by the villagers that Nishiki's weapon was found at the sight of the murders. The group of Oni then get into a fight over the situation, the fight is then broken up once Hibiki comes along. It is then revealed to Asumu that Hibiki did not kill his brother but instead was crafting a special sword for him.
Hitoe is then brought home but is afraid of Kabuki. The night of the murder, she saw Kabuki killing the villagers and left Nishiki's weapon there to frame him. The Makamou from Kabuki's first fight then appears to help Kabuki fight Hibiki, the two get away without Hitoe. The group of Oni then break up and head their own ways, but before doing so, Todoroki returns Hibiki's tuning fork and Disc Animals to him. Kabuki then ambushes Hibiki at his home, where Asumu appears and hands Hibiki the sword that Takeshi had made. He asks Hibiki to fight for the memory of his brother, and then for the first time in years, Hibiki transforms and fends off Kabuki and his Makamou partner. After a long battle (with them pitting gigantic Disc Animals at each other and then fighting close-range), Hibiki is able to defeat the two, with Kabuki soon killed off by the Oni-Hunter Makamou. Back at the beach, Hibiki begins fighting with a massive group of Ninja Makamou. Asumu then shows up with the other Oni who are there to help Hibiki. The battle goes on until Hibiki comes head to head with the Orochi. At the climax of the battle, the Armed Saber is swiped away from Hibiki's hands and into the sea.
Present day Asumu is then shown, closing the book as the last page is missing. Asumu then finds out that Hibiki is well and fighting the Orochi again. Apparently knowing where the Armed Saber is, Asumu heads off to a cave and finds it in there. He gives Hibiki the blade in the middle the battle with the Orochi. Hibiki is able to become Armed Hibiki and defeats the Orochi. In the past, the group is seen talking. They mention that a human and Oni partnership would be best for both sides in the future. The other villagers agree and then decide that the group shall be called "Takeshi", honoring the memory of Asumu's brother.
[edit] Characters
[edit] TV Series
- Hibiki / Kamen Rider Hibiki - Plays the same role as in the TV series. Hibiki is greatly injured at the start of the movie.
- Asumu Adachi - In the present, he is the reason of Hibiki's injuries. This leads to him reading the book that contains the history of Takeshi and the Oni, thus learning that his meeting with the Oni is no mere concidence.
[edit] Past
The characters possess a resemblance to the current-time characters.
- Hibiki - The original Hibiki is a quiet man. After blaming himself for Takeshi's death, he gave up being an Oni.
- Ibuki - The original Ibuki is a prince who had become bored with his life. Not content with having everything handed to him, he sets out with the group searching for adventure.
- Todoroki - The Todoroki of the past is a vagabond Oni with no real master.
- Asumu - Bearing a likeness to the Asumu of present, he was the reason all the current and new Oni gather to defeat the Orochi, as well as one of the founding members of TAKESHI.
[edit] Movie Edition Oni
- Kabuki / Kamen Rider Kabuki - Kabuki is a taiko Oni and is one of the antagonists of the movie, having double-crossed Asumu and the others into thinking he cares for humans (as per his staged fight with a Makamou). He also caused trouble among the seven Oni when they were accused of attacking humans (with Nishiki's weapons found beside a murdered man, while it was actually him who committed it). He revealed that he was disillusioned with his relation with humans because No matter how hard I fight and risk my life for them, they just call me an Oni, a monster, an animal. He has a soft spot, however, for children because even upon his defeat by Hibiki and death at the hands of a Makamou, he pleads for Asumu's safety.
- Kamen Rider Habataki - Habataki is one of the older Oni. He fought in a war years ago and has since given up the Oni life to settle down and have a family.
- Kamen Rider Nishiki - Another vegabond Oni, Nishiki is often caught in situations leading people to believe he is a criminal.
- Touki / Kamen Rider Touki - Is a monk who spends his days praying at a local temple until Asumu and his group come upon him. In the previews, he is mistaken for Kamen Rider Zanki, probably because the actor portraying Zanki in the series (Kenji Matsuda) is also the actor for Touki.
- Kamen Rider Kirameki - Kirameki was Touki's partner years ago but the two split up after a situation in where he left Touki to fend a ravage Makamou off on his own.
[edit] Movie Kamen Rider Attacks
- Kabuki
- Henshin Onsa (Black Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongekibou (Drum Sticks): Ressui
- Ongekida: Gouka Kenran
- Meitou Onsaken (The Onsa's sword form)
- Touki
- Henshin Onsa (Bronze Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Kanabou (Gong Stick): Rettou
- Ongekiou: Ichigeki Dotou
- Kirameki
- Henshin Onsa (Silver Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekimei (Trumpet Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Cymbal: Retsuban
- Ongekihyou: Keichou Fubaku
- Nishiki
- Henshin Onsa (Clear Red Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekiko (Taiko Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Triangle: Ressetsu
- Ongekikyou: Irasshai
- Habataki
- Henshin Onsa (Gold Tuning Fork): unknown
- Ongekimei (Trumpet Buckle): unknown
- Ongeki Flute: Rekkuu
- Ongeki Sou: Senpuu Issen
[edit] Takeshi
While the movie's version of how Hibiki became Armed Hibiki and gained the Armed Saber is different of that than the television series, the rest of the movie is considered to be canon. Much of the history of the Makamou and Oni was only mentioned in small dialogue in the television series. It was not until the movie was released that we learned the true heritage of the partnership between the Oni and the humans, as well as the history of the war between the Makamou and the Oni. It is believed that the Makamou history was simply written off as myths by modern day humans. Thus, they are unaware of the existence of neither the Oni and Makamou.
[edit] Cast
- Hibiki/Kamen Rider Hibiki (ヒビキ／仮面ライダー響鬼 Hibiki/Kamen Raidā Hibiki?) - Shigeki Hosokawa (細川 茂樹 Hosokawa Shigeki?)
- Asumu Adachi/Asumu (安達 明日夢／明日夢 Adachi Asumu/Asumu?) - Rakuto Tochihara (栩原 楽人 Tochihara Rakuto?)
- Ibuki/Kamen Rider Ibuki (イブキ／仮面ライダー威吹鬼 Ibuki/Kamen Raidā Ibuki?) - Jyoji Shibue (渋江 譲二 Shibue Jōji?)
- Todoroki/Kamen Rider Todoroki (トドロキ／仮面ライダー轟鬼 Todoroki/Kamen Raidā Todoroki?) - Shingo Kawaguchi (川口 真五 Kawaguchi Shingo?)
- Kabuki/Kamen Rider Kabuki (カブキ／仮面ライダー歌舞鬼 Kabuki/Kamen Raidā Kabuki?) - Toshinobu Matsuo (松尾 敏伸 Matsuo Toshinobu?)
- Touki/Kamen Rider Touki (トウキ／仮面ライダー凍鬼 Tōki/Kamen Raidā Tōki?) - Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二 Matsuda Kenji?)
- Kirameki/Kamen Rider Kirameki (キラメキ／仮面ライダー煌鬼 Kirameki/Kamen Raidā Kirameki?) - Satoshi Yamanaka (山中 聡Yamanaka Satoshi?)
- Nishiki/Kamen Rider Nishiki (ニシキ／仮面ライダー西鬼 Nishiki/Kamen Raidā Nishiki?) - Masaki Kitahara (北原 雅樹 Kitahara Masaki?)
- Habataki/Kamen Rider Habataki (ハバタキ／仮面ライダー羽撃鬼 Habataki/Kamen Raidā Habataki?) - Takeyuki Yue (湯江 健幸 Yue Takeyuki?)
- Kasumi Tachibana/Kazue (立花 香須実／かずえ Tachibana Kasumi/Kazue?) - Mayu Gamou (蒲生 麻由 Gamō Mayu?)
- Hinaka Tachibana/Hinako (立花 日菜佳／ひなこ Tachibana Hinaka/Hinako?) - Miyuki Kanbe (神戸 みゆき Kanbe Miyuki?)
- Hitoe (ひとえ Hitoe?) - Erika Mori (森 絵梨佳 Mori Erika?)
- Suzu (鈴 Suzu?) - Nana Akiyama (秋山 奈々 Akiyama Nana?)
- Mother (母親 Hahaoya?) - Kaoru Mizuki (水木 薫 Mizuki Kaoru?)
- Habataki's Wife (ハバタキの女房 Habataki no Nyōbō?) - Masako Umemiya (梅宮 万紗子 Umemiya Masako?)
- Douji (童子 Dōji?) - Mitsu Murata (村田 充 Murata Mitsu?)
- Hime (姫 hime?) - Sei Ashina (芦名 星 Ashina Sei?)
- Hitotsumi (ヒトツミ Hitotsumi?, Voice) - Nobutoshi Canna (神奈 延年 Kan'na Nobutoshi?)
- Government Official (役人 Yakunin?) - Muga Tsukaji (塚地 武雅 Tsukaji Muga?) of Drunk Dragon
- Takeshi (猛士 Takeshi?) - Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎 Koizumi Kōtarō?)
- Ichiro Tachibana/Tobei (立花 勢地郎/藤兵衛 Tachibana Ichirō/Tōbei?) - Atom Shimojo (下條 アトム Shimojō Atomu?)
- Townsfolk's Daughter (町娘 Machi Musume?) - Yuko Murakami (村上 祐子 Murakami Yūko?) of TV Asahi Announcer
[edit] Songs
- Theme song
- "Flashback"
- Lyrics: Shōko Fujibayashi
- Rap Lyrics: m.c.A・T
- Composition & Arrangement: Isamu Taihei & SJR
- Artist: Rin' featuring m.c.A・T
[edit] External links
- Kamen Rider Hibiki Official Webpage in Japanese
- Igadevil's Article on the Movie
- Anime News Network
- Japan Box Office yearly results of 2005
| Kamen Riders: | Hibiki (響鬼) • Ibuki (威吹鬼) • Todoroki (轟鬼) • Zanki (斬鬼) • Shōki • Tōki • Sabaki • Danki • Eiki • Shuki • Other Oni Kamen Rider | 鬼 |
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| Others: | Makamou • Takeshi | |
| Media: | List of episodes • Seven Fighting Demons • Asumu Henshin | |
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