Kamen Rider Kuuga: Special Edition

Oct 21, 2001

1h 1m

★ 10.0

Overview

A group of archaeologists open a tomb that awakens horrible monsters, while journeyman Yusuke Godai is compelled to access a strange belt from the tomb to fight back against them. Also, a drunkard witnesses a murder by an unidentified lifeform near a church. Meanwhile, Yusuke is bothered by the idea of fighting and is unsure if it was right until he saw the daughter of one of the slain archeologists crying, making his reason to fight "to protect the smiles of people". This is the director's cut version of the first two episodes of the Kamen Rider Kuuga TV series.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Toei Company

Ishimori Production

Kamen Rider Kuuga: Special Edition Trailers

Cast

Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga

Joe Odagiri

Kaoru Ichijo

Shingo Katsurayama

Sakurako Sawatari

Kazumi Murata

Tsurumaru Kameyama

Katsuaki Nishide

Minori Godai

Wakana Chizaki

Tatsuhiko Ebisawa

Fujio Mori

Father Jose, Xu·Goma·Gu

Mitsuru Fujio

Xu·Gmun·Ba (voice)

Tetsuo Sakaguchi

Mika Natsume

Yuka Takeshima

Child

Erika Niibo

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