Un aereo si schianta nella foresta amazzonica; delle persone a bordo sopravvive solo un bambino chiamato Daisuke Yamamoto che viene adottato da una tribù indigena. Daisuke assume il nome di Amazon e diventa un bambino selvaggio. Ma la sua vita tranquilla nella foresta viene sconvolta quando Gorgos, il demone dalle dieci facce, distrugge il suo villaggio sperando di trovare il bracciale Gigi che dà straordinari poteri a chi lo possiede. L'Anziano Bago dona Gigi ad Amazon e lo sottopone a una mistica operazione che lo trasforma in Kamen Rider Amazon; successivamente, Bago viene ucciso. Arrivato in Giappone, Amazon combatte Geddon, l'organizzazione agli ordini di Gorgos. Facendo amicizia con i nipoti del Professor Kousaka, Amazon viene a sapere sempre di più sulla natura del bracciale Gigi mentre combatte contro Geddon e, successivamente, l'Impero Garanda. Modifica la Traduzione
- Italiano
- Español
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- Titolo Originale: 仮面ライダーアマゾン
- Conosciuto Anche Come: Kamen Raidā Amazon
- Sceneggiatore: Nagaishi Takao, Igami Masaru
- Regista: Yamada Minoru
- Generi: Azione, Tokusatsu (Effetti Speciali), Fantascienza, Fantasy
Cast & Ringraziamenti
- Okazaki ToruYamamoto Daisuke/Kamen Rider AmazonRuolo Principale
- Niibori KazuoKamen Rider Amazon [Suit actor]Ruolo di Supporto
- Matsuda YojiOkamura MasahikoRuolo di Supporto
- Sasaki Ittetsu(Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Kitahara YoshiroProfessor Kosaka (Ep. 1)Guest Role
Recensioni
The story revolves around Amazon (Yes this is his actual name) surviving a plane crash as a young child and being adopted by an Incan tribe. After living his early years as a wild child in the woods, his tribe is massacred by the newly resurrected Gorgos, the "Ten Faced Demon". Amazon becomes in possesion of the "Gigi Armlet" which is one of two powerful artifacts wielding a secret power, the other being owned by Gorgos. He flees to Japan to escape Gorgos but is followed and begins to get attacked by various minions of the Ten Faced Demon. He meets Tachibana (The mentor of all Showa Era Kamen Riders) as well as a Brother and Sister who he becomes close friends with. The cast are all pretty lovable and Amazon's friendship with the Brother becomes important later on as its this friendship that allows Amazon to start learning Japanese. Every episode follows the standard Showa era formula for tokusatsu: Enemy appears to steal/mess with children, Amazon shows up and saves the day after facing a small hardship. The amount of gore present surprised even me in the current day, wondering how this was allowed on a kids show from the early 70's. As for the soundtrack, its nothing amazing or memorable. At the same time it does its job well and doesn't have any noticeably bad tracks. Though the shows episode count was cut from 48 to 24 during production, the story's quality doesn't take too much of a hit from it. The only noticeable setback this caused was the final episode had noticeable pacing issues and the ending left a lot of things feeling rushed. Overall it was a pretty entertaining watch despise the obvious tropes, cliches, and low budget feel of the era this show was from. I would heartily recommend this show to anyone looking for some early 70's cheesy action with Karate Bugmen.