A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
The film leans right by advocating for personal change and assimilation into society over radical rejection, emphasizing individual responsibility in confronting extremist ideologies.
The film utilizes traditional casting for its Japanese context, without explicit DEI-driven casting in a U.S. sense. Its narrative subtly critiques oppressive systems and traditional masculine roles, aligning with some DEI principles without making them explicitly central to a U.S. social justice framework.
Shin Kamen Rider (2023) does not portray or thematically address the LGBTQ community. The film's narrative and character focus lie elsewhere, on introspective heroism, cyborg transformation, and societal critique within a dark, psychological tokusatsu framework.
The film features female characters who participate in action sequences, including kaijin (mutant villains) with enhanced physical abilities. However, no female character is depicted achieving victory in direct, close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents.
The film's principal and supporting characters, including Takeshi Hongo and Ruriko Midorikawa, maintain the same gender as their original counterparts from the *Kamen Rider* franchise. There is no evidence of any established character undergoing a gender swap.
The film casts Japanese actors in all major roles, aligning with the characters' traditional depiction as Japanese in the source material and the film's Japanese setting. No characters established as one race are portrayed as a different race.
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