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Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー, 1971) — watch online on iFILM: the Japanese tokusatsu franchise from Toei Company and Ishimori Production that has been running on TV Asahi since April 1971 without a pause. Fifty-plus years, 37 seasons, over 1,700 episodes — and still in production.

Motorcycle racer Takeshi Hongo is seized by Shocker, a global criminal organization that turns people into cyborgs to build its army. He escapes the operating table before the brainwashing completes. Now he fights back as Kamen Rider — a masked hero who uses the power Shocker gave him against the people who made him. Each new season remakes the concept: new Riders, new actors, new eras, new tech. The one constant is a lone human-turned-cyborg standing between an organized force of control and everyone else.

Manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori created an archetype in 1971 that Japan has been reworking ever since. Kamen Rider helped define the entire tokusatsu genre and shaped generations of fans from Tokyo to São Paulo. Stream Kamen Rider online on iFILM.