Kamen Rider — Season 8
Kamen Rider·Season 8·1987·51 episodes

Season 8

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Season 8

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Kamen Rider (1971), Season 8 is a Japanese sci-fi action drama, 51 episodes, free to watch online on iFILM. Fans often call this the darkest chapter the franchise ever made.

On the night of their nineteenth birthday, the cult Gorgom abducts stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki and reshapes them into mutants — rival candidates to become the next Creation King. Kotaro breaks loose before the brainwashing and learns the worst of it: Gorgom murdered his real parents, and his brother stayed behind. That turns the fight personal. For much of the season Kotaro works alone, chasing Gorgom's cells, pulling children and hostages out of monster plots, hunting for any trace of Nobuhiko. The turn comes mid-run, when the brother is reborn as Shadow Moon and a manhunt against a cult collapses into a duel between two princes bound to one fate. By the end the stakes stop being a city and become which brother walks away.

Toei produced it from Shotaro Ishinomori's world, and unlike earlier seasons it trades much of the monster-of-the-week rhythm for a single serialized tragedy about blood. It's for viewers who want their tokusatsu older and grimmer. Stream Kamen Rider Season 8 online on iFILM.

Season 8

51 episodes

  • BLACK!! Transform
    S8·E1

    BLACK!! Transform

    October 4, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro Minami, a youth on the run from the mysterious organization known as Golgom, begins to awaken into a horrifying new form granted to them due to their greater plans for him; making him choose to use it instead to fight them as Kamen Rider Black.

  • The Monster Party
    S8·E2

    The Monster Party

    October 11, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro looks for his step-brother Nobuhiko Akizuki and plans to track down Golgom's headquarters.

  • Mysterious Cyborg Mystery
    S8·E3

    Mysterious Cyborg Mystery

    October 18, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro investigates a bizarre string of abductions in conjunction with a scheme by Bishium to bring him down.

  • The Devil's Laboratory
    S8·E4

    The Devil's Laboratory

    October 25, 1987 · 25 min

    A cycling friend of Kotaro becomes the subject of Golgom's mad doctor experimenting to find a weakness to their escaped subject.

  • Kotaro in a Maze!
    S8·E5

    Kotaro in a Maze!

    November 1, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro investigates a town being brainwashed by a Goat kaijin, hoping to control it for Golgom to ruin an international peace conference.

  • The Secret Sight Enigma
    S8·E6

    The Secret Sight Enigma

    November 8, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro must rescue two artists abducted by Golgom to become psychic spies in order to ruin the development of technology for civilization's collapse.

  • The Living Machine Restored
    S8·E7

    The Living Machine Restored

    November 15, 1987 · 25 min

    A man who hates rampaging gangs is seduced by Golgom to gain the power to eliminate them, forcing Kotaro to rescue him for the sake of his sister.

  • The Devil's Trill Sonata
    S8·E8

    The Devil's Trill Sonata

    November 22, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro must save a musician girl whose feelings of failure lead to her becoming a member of Golgom's plot to control the world through music.

  • The Crimson Lips of Bishum
    S8·E9

    The Crimson Lips of Bishum

    November 29, 1987 · 25 min

    When a girl makes a deal with Bishium to distribute strange pendants in order to help Golgom conquer the city, Kotaro tries to put a stop to this deception.

  • Where is Nobuhiko?
    S8·E10

    Where is Nobuhiko?

    December 6, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro investigates suspicious auto accidents leading to the victims being used for Golgom's army for causing chaos throughout the world.

  • The Hungry Monsters
    S8·E11

    The Hungry Monsters

    December 13, 1987 · 25 min

    The Gorgom's plan to grow fruit for their mutants causes plants to sprout on people all over the city.

  • A Super-Bike Legend Is Born!
    S8·E12

    A Super-Bike Legend Is Born!

    December 20, 1987 · 25 min

    Kotaro discovers the whereabouts of a missing biker, who is raising his son to ride and protect the ultimate bike devised by his father.

  • Mama Raises Monster Babies!
    S8·E13

    Mama Raises Monster Babies!

    December 27, 1987 · 25 min

    Gorgom kidnaps mothers to nurture its army of mutants, and BLACK finds himself facing an implacable enemy.

  • The Day All Tuna Vanished
    S8·E14

    The Day All Tuna Vanished

    January 3, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro fights to stop the abduction of tuna by Professor Kuromatsu in order to gain an extract to improve the power of the Golgom mutants.

  • Assault on a Haunted School
    S8·E15

    Assault on a Haunted School

    January 10, 1988 · 25 min

    Keisuke tries to stop a Golgom scheme of using schools to mold children into model students to assist in their control of Earth.

  • Friend From Across the Sea!
    S8·E16

    Friend From Across the Sea!

    January 17, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro attempts to find the source of powerful earthquakes after meeting a mysterious man.

  • Kyoko's Mysterious Dream!
    S8·E17

    Kyoko's Mysterious Dream!

    January 24, 1988 · 25 min

    Golgom manipulate the dreams of Nobuhiko's sister Kyoko in order to use her life energy to save an ailing Shadow Moon.

  • Sword Saint Birugenia!!
    S8·E18

    Sword Saint Birugenia!!

    January 31, 1988 · 25 min

    Golgom's Creation King forces the release of a powerful yet rebellious swordsman, who decides to try and take down Kotaro on his own terms.

  • The Suffocating Trap of Hell
    S8·E19

    The Suffocating Trap of Hell

    February 7, 1988 · 25 min

    Bilgenia takes the guise of the doomed Professor Kuromatsu in order to lead Kotaro into a trap for his defeat.

  • Rider's Grave
    S8·E20

    Rider's Grave

    February 14, 1988 · 25 min
  • Clash! Super Machines
    S8·E21

    Clash! Super Machines

    February 21, 1988 · 25 min

    Bishium uses a Mutant to infect Battle Hopper with insects that make it run wild and ignore Kotaro's commands.

  • The Shadow That Stalks Dad
    S8·E22

    The Shadow That Stalks Dad

    February 28, 1988 · 25 min

    A boy with psychic powers becomes forewarned into thinking that Kotaro is going to harm his father even as Golgom is secretly using him.

  • Marmo's Magical Powers
    S8·E23

    Marmo's Magical Powers

    March 6, 1988 · 25 min

    When a head of a two-headed ammonite Mutant becomes detached by Kamen Rider Black, it ends up with a kid where it becomes his new pet.

  • The Female College Student's Nightmare
    S8·E24

    The Female College Student's Nightmare

    March 13, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro must save Katsumi and other college girls from a professor turned Golgom Mutant hoping to add more females to the mutant army.

  • The Roaring Armed Machine
    S8·E25

    The Roaring Armed Machine

    March 20, 1988 · 25 min
  • Rescue the ESPer Girl
    S8·E26

    Rescue the ESPer Girl

    March 27, 1988 · 25 min

    A Golgom Mutant takes advantage of a girl's obsession to become strong to give her super-strength but ultimately takes control of her forcing Kotaro to save her.

  • The Fire Breathing Danger Road
    S8·E27

    The Fire Breathing Danger Road

    April 3, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro must avoid the dangers of the Golgom priests and an electricity controlling Mutant in order to restore power for a kid who needs vital surgery.

  • The Scarab Beetle's Invitation to Hell
    S8·E28

    The Scarab Beetle's Invitation to Hell

    April 10, 1988 · 25 min

    Bilgenia uses a scarab beetle Mutant to create a craze for its minions, forcing Kotaro into a corner in trying to stem this greedy obsession.

  • The Targeted Death Mask
    S8·E29

    The Targeted Death Mask

    April 17, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro must rescue four Japanese astronauts when they're abducted and replaced with doll-like clones controlled by a Golgom Mutant.

  • Aloha to the Assassin!
    S8·E30

    Aloha to the Assassin!

    April 24, 1988 · 25 min

    When a special female assassin is created by Golgom in Hawaii and sent to Japan to go after Kotaro, Kazuya Taki returns to help deal with protecting them.

  • Burn! Boy Warriors
    S8·E31

    Burn! Boy Warriors

    May 1, 1988 · 25 min

    The Golgom Boy Warriors reunite with Kotaro to help save children being abducted by Golgom to create a new, stronger generation of child warriors.

  • Dream Girl Yuki
    S8·E32

    Dream Girl Yuki

    May 8, 1988 · 25 min
  • Father, Son, and the River of Love
    S8·E33

    Father, Son, and the River of Love

    May 15, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro must help a boy realize he can walk again even while trying to stop a Golgom plot of manipulating a river to cause chaos.

  • Revival? The Prince of Hell
    S8·E34

    Revival? The Prince of Hell

    May 22, 1988 · 25 min

    When the Golgom Priests abduct Kyoko to speed up the revival of Shadow Moon, Bilgenia decides to take the weapon of the Century King to prove superiority and to defeat Kamen Rider Black before his rival can be born.

  • Fight! The Two Princes
    S8·E35

    Fight! The Two Princes

    May 29, 1988 · 25 min

    With Kotaro barely escaping from Bilgenia, the Golgom swordsman rampages to force Black into a final showdown, hoping to stop him even as Shadow Moon finally awakens.

  • The War Declaration of Love and Death
    S8·E36

    The War Declaration of Love and Death

    June 5, 1988 · 25 min

    As Kotaro and Kyoko cope with Nobuhiko's transformation into Shadow Moon, the new Golgom leader transforms his commanders to declare the start of Golgom's conquest of Earth.

  • Memories in the Yubari Sky
    S8·E37

    Memories in the Yubari Sky

    June 12, 1988 · 25 min

    A Mutant attack on a friend's wedding in Hokkaido leads to Katsumi becoming Golgom's tool, forcing Kotaro to pursue them in order to save her from their grasp.

  • Mystery? EP-Party Boy Squad
    S8·E38

    Mystery? EP-Party Boy Squad

    June 19, 1988 · 25 min

    When Golgom creates a new political party claiming they'll bring about peace, Kotaro investigates and discovers a nefarious plot using this guise.

  • The Idol's Evil Power
    S8·E39

    The Idol's Evil Power

    June 26, 1988 · 25 min

    Bishium uses the identity of a girl to turn a mutant into an idol hypnotizing her fans into Golgom's mentality while tricking Kotaro into believing she is still innocent.

  • The Karate Master's Secret
    S8·E40

    The Karate Master's Secret

    July 3, 1988 · 25 min

    In pursuit of a destructive Salamander Mutant, Kotaro encounters a peculiar karate master in the woods training a boy to be a fighter.

  • The Dangerous Time Thief
    S8·E41

    The Dangerous Time Thief

    July 10, 1988 · 25 min

    A boy brooding over his father's murder by Golgom becomes abducted by two samurai thrown out of time by a Mutant's magic time-controlling box.

  • Tokyo Mutant Gathering
    S8·E42

    Tokyo Mutant Gathering

    July 17, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro meets two brothers, Makoto and Yuki who has psychic powers which Yuki gets kidnap by Fly Mutant to bring the Phantom Mutants to life and begins a invasion of Tokyo. Kotaro tries to fight back and only to find the Phantom Monsters tuern themselves incorporeal to avoid his attacks! Will Kotaro find a way of how to end this madness, once and for all?

  • The Mutant Farm Battle
    S8·E43

    The Mutant Farm Battle

    July 24, 1988 · 25 min

    Kotaro investigates the claim of a child that something strange is happening at his apartment, leading to a discovery of its inhabitants being used to create new mutants for Golgom!

  • An Ocean Inside the Closet
    S8·E44

    An Ocean Inside the Closet

    July 31, 1988 · 25 min

    A boy accidentally intercepts a signal associated with Baraom's warp device, forcing Kotaro to protect him and stop Golgom's plan to use it to sink Japan.

  • Death of Flower Mutant Bishium
    S8·E45

    Death of Flower Mutant Bishium

    August 7, 1988 · 25 min

    Bishium uses a plot to turn women against their nurturing nature to lure Kotaro into a trap where he must face her in a final showdown where allegiances are tested.

  • Fierce Death of Baraom
    S8·E46

    Fierce Death of Baraom

    August 14, 1988 · 25 min

    With the death of Biishum, Baraom decides to battle Kotaro one last time in vengeance, while the beginning of an unnatural phenomenon forces Shadow Moon to make his move towards Black's King Stone!

  • Rider Dies!
    S8·E47

    Rider Dies!

    August 21, 1988 · 25 min

    With a limited time before the end of the Creation King, Kotaro and Shadow Moon are forced to finally have their ultimate showdown, where only one will be victorious...

  • A Bouquet of Reminiscence to the Sea
    S8·E48

    A Bouquet of Reminiscence to the Sea

    August 28, 1988 · 25 min

    With Kotaro dead and Golgom standing victorious over a burning Japan, Kyoko and Katsumi try to survive until they escape their home, even as a miraculous event is occurring within the ocean...

  • Fierce Battle! Death of Darom
    S8·E49

    Fierce Battle! Death of Darom

    September 4, 1988 · 25 min

    Reviving from his defeat against Shadow Moon, Kotaro discovers the current state of Japan since Golgom's victory as Darom targets his elimination to complete Shadow Moon's final ascension.

  • What is the Creation King's True Form?
    S8·E50

    What is the Creation King's True Form?

    September 11, 1988 · 25 min

    Finally reaching Golgom's headquarters, Kotaro confronts Shadow Moon a final time as the Creation King forces the former brothers to complete their final showdown.

  • Gorgom's Last Day
    S8·E51

    Gorgom's Last Day

    September 18, 1988 · 25 min

    The final battle between Black Sun and Shadow Moon comes to a bittersweet end as the final fate of Kotaro, Nobuhiko, and the Creation King is finally determined.

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