2002 - Kamen Rider Ryuki : Episode Final

Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final is the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2002 Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Ryuki, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue. The film is produced by Ishimori Productions and Toei, the producers of all the previous television series and films of the Kamen Rider series. Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with the movie for 2002's Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai HurricanegerIcon-crosswiki, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushuuto the MovieIcon-crosswiki, both of which premiered on August 17, 2002. The film's title is translated into English as Masked Rider Ryuki The Movie: Episode Final.

Story

This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short. As Yui's life grows short, she recalls memories and shows Shinji Kido and Ren Akiyama pictures of her childhood drawing, which explains the reasoning for the Advent Monsters and Shiro's reason to start the Rider War. Shinji, while on a case bumps into Miho Kirishima after she manages to con another wealthy man and take Shinji's wallet.

Publication Information

Title : Kamen Rider Ryuki : Episode Final
Japanese : 劇場版　仮面ライダー龍騎　ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ　ＦＩＮＡＬ
Written by : Toshiki Inoue
Directed by : Ryuta Tasaki
Release date : August 17, 2002
Previous : Kamen Rider Agito : Project G4
Next : Kamen Rider Faiz : Paradise Lost

Once he chases after her, the two of them reveal themselves as Riders to each other, before they are suddenly forced into fighting Mirror Monsters. Upon their first battle together, Shinji, then as Kamen Rider Ryuki and as always, tries to convince Miho, as Kamen Rider Femme, not to fight, and she rejects. The other Riders continue to fight with one another, with their own goals present. Miho is revealed to fight for two reasons: to seek revenge on Takeshi Asakura who murdered her sister, and to resurrect her. The other, Ryuga, fights so he can be a real human in the real world.

Characters

Kamen Riders

Kanzaki Family

ORE Journal

Daisuke Okubo
Reiko Momoi
Nanako Shimada

Others

Goro Yura

Cast

Shinji Kido, Dark Shinji : Takamasa Suga
Ren Akiyama : Satoshi Matsuda
Yui Kanzaki : Ayano Sugiyama
Shirō Kanzaki : Kenzaburō Kikuchi
Shūichi Kitaoka : Ryōhei
Gorō Yura : Tomohisa Yuge
Takeshi Asakura : Takashi Hagino
Daisuke Ōkubo : Kanji Tsuda
Reiko Momoi : Sayaka Kuon
Nanako Shimada : Hitomi Kurihara
Sanako Kanzaki : Kazue Tsunogae
Miho Kirishima : Natsuki Katō
Miho Kirishima's Older Sister : Erena
Master of Mansion : Yoshikazu Ebisu
Taxi Driver : Bengaru
Visor (Voice) : Tsuyoshi Koyama

Guest actors

All main actors from Kamen Rider Agito made cameo appearances in this movie.

Restaurant Staff : Toshiki Kashū (Cameo)
Amusement Park Staff : Rina Akiyama (Cameo)
Asakura's Victim : Yūsuke Tomoi (Cameo)
Okonomiyaki Restaurant Customers : Jun Kaname (Cameo), Tōko Fujita (Cameo), Jun Yamasaki (Cameo)
Okonomiyaki Restaurant Staff : Akiyoshi Shibata (Cameo)

Suit actors