Kamen Rider Amazon (1974)
Kamen Rider Amazon is a 1974 Japanese-language action & adventure series. It stars Tōru Okazaki, Akiji Kobayashi and Yoji Matsuda.
A plane crashes in the Amazon rainforest, leaving young Daisuke Yamamoto stranded without his parents. Soon adopted by an Incan tribe under the name "Amazon", he becomes a wild child, living off the land. However, his village is massacred by the Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos, who searches for the powerful GiGi Armlet to take over the world with it. The last Inca, Elder Bago, gives Amazon the GiGi Armlet for safekeeping and uses his knowledge of Incan science and magic to perform a mystic ritual on Amazon and transform him into the powerful "Kamen Rider Amazon" before dying. Now in Japan, Amazon battles the evil organization Gedon, unaware of why they pursue him. Befriending Professor Kousaka's nephew and niece, Amazon learns of the GiGi Armlet's true nature and ultimately defeats Gedon, then the Garanda Empire.
Quick answers
What is Kamen Rider Amazon about?
A plane crashes in the Amazon rainforest, leaving young Daisuke Yamamoto stranded without his parents. Soon adopted by an Incan tribe under the name "Amazon", he becomes a wild child, living off the land. However, his village is massacred by the Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos, who searches for the powerful GiGi Armlet to take over the world with it. The last Inca, Elder Bago, gives Amazon the GiGi Armlet for safekeeping and uses his knowledge of Incan science and magic to perform a mystic ritual on Amazon and transform him into the powerful "Kamen Rider Amazon" before dying. Now in Japan, Amazon battles the evil organization Gedon, unaware of why they pursue him. Befriending Professor Kousaka's nephew and niece, Amazon learns of the GiGi Armlet's true nature and ultimately defeats Gedon, then the Garanda Empire.
When was Kamen Rider Amazon released?
Kamen Rider Amazon was released on 19 October 1974.
How many episodes does Kamen Rider Amazon have?
Kamen Rider Amazon has 24 episodes across 1 seasons.
Cast
- Tōru Okazaki as Daisuke "Amazon" Yamamoto / Kamen Rider Amazon
- Akiji Kobayashi as Tobei Tachibana
- Yoji Matsuda as Masahiko Okamura
- Mariko Matsuoka as Ritsuko Okamura
- Ryuji Saikachi as Mole Beastman (voice)
- Ritsuo Sawa as Jyumenki Golgos (voice)
- Hirohisa Nakata as Zero the Great
- Osamu Saka as The Ruler of Grander Empire (voice)
- Gorō Naya as Narration (voice)