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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.

  • Action
  • Adventure

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Daisuke KuwabaraDaisuke KuwabaraMoon Mask Rider
  • Photo of Etsuko ShihomiEtsuko ShihomiIkuko
  • Photo of Daijirō HaradaDaijirō Harada
  • Photo of Junichi InoueJunichi Inoue
  • Photo of Mizuho SuzukiMizuho Suzuki
  • Photo of Takayuki GodaiTakayuki Godai
  • Photo of Takeo ChiiTakeo Chii
  • Photo of Takuya FujiokaTakuya Fujioka
  • Photo of Tomoe SaitoTomoe Saito
  • Photo of Yoshirō UchidaYoshirō Uchida

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