Shiruba Kamen (2006)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	09.18.09

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Director Jissoji Akio first introduced "Shiruba kamen" (1971) as 26 episodes aired from 28th November 1971 until 21st May 1972 by TBS. The mask of "Shiruba Kamen" was inspired from western knights headpieces and was a novelty for that era filled with cyborg-like costumes of Urutoraman and insect-like costumes of the Kamen Rider series. The hero was fighting space aliens with the simplicity of "Silver". After more than 30 years, just like in the final episode "Andromeda 2001", Jissoji Akio is back with a new "Shiruba Kamen" (2007) and a story that grew to maturity. It might be surprising that the new hero is in fact a young woman (Zabine) daughter of a Japanese father and a German mother. But this twist of story is only following the pulse of time and the natural evolution of society in Japan and elsewhere. The "Shiruba Kamen" (2007) (aka Silver Mask or Silbermask) is split in 3 equal parts, the present, the past and the future, each part having been shot by a different director and cinematographer. And so, the characters travel through time, history and cultures, the middle part being conceived as taking place in Germany. Even hardcore 1971 fans will find themselves in sync with the new reality of "Shiruba Kamen" (2007) since evolution is undeniable. Title: Shiruba Kamen Release Date: May 17, 2007 Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Action All Genres: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi Languages: German, Japanese Country: Japan Colors: Color IMDB Rating: 3.0 Brimstone Pit Rating: 4 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With S Director(s): Mitsunori Hattori Tsugumi Kitaura Akio Jissoji Cast: Nina Uchida ...Zabine - Die Silbermaske (The Silver Mask) Elly Watanabe ...Zabine - 12 years old Dai Watanabe ...Hongo Renji Ishibashi ...Prof. Carigari Kenji Mizuhashi ...Edogawa Rampo Minoru Terada ...Benshi Laura Windrath ...Elis - Zabine's mother Masayuki Ito ...Ougai - Zabine's father Masayuki yamamoto ...Sezare Cynthia Cheston ...Village woman Chisako Hara ... Hitomi Takashima ...Ranko Osone (as Hitomi Takashima) Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Mitsunori Hattori Akio Jissoji Mamoru Sasaki Masanobu Suzuki Writer(s): yuji Kobayashi Composer(s): Toru Fuyuki Movie Trivia: Yusuke Iseya (Casshern) was supposed to play the Hongo role but due to a minor fracture had to resign it. The role went to Dai Watanabe, son of actor Ken Watanabe. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Seen it? Rate it Currently 4.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 4.0 out of 10.0 - 60 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST