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Evil organisation Shocker, this time led by monster Chameleon (Ritsuo Sawa, voiced by Bunya Nakamura), have fingered professor Sunada (Takashi Kanda) to hold the secret of Hitler's treasure he tried to smuggle out of Germany to restore the Third Reich - and thus threaten his sick daughter's (Kujiko Arai) life to give up the secret. But somehow, cyborg superhero Kamen Rider (Hiroshi Fujioka) gets his hands on the map leading to another treasure map first. But Shocker have figured out his weaknesses and lure him into a trap - which he escapes because he has somehow gotten his hands on the other treasure map as well. So Shocker kidnap professor Sunada and the Rider's almost-girlfriend Ruriko (Chieko Morikawa) to give up that map - which he does, and it's time for a showdown at the abandoned location of the Osaka Expo (1970), when he ultimately catches everybody by surprise by jumping out of the Nazi treasure box, giving all the Shocker minions a good beating before annihilating Chameleon in a one-on-one fight. Hitler's treasure he has by the way dumped into the Pacific Ocean, seeing it only brings out the worst in man.

If you're into Kamen Rider (or early 1970s Japanese superhero TV as such) for whatever reason, you'll like this double-episode in all probability, as it delivers in terms of action and over-the-topness - however, at the same time it's just nothing special, despite the Nazi backstory, despite the chameleon-like monster, despite a treasure hunt and a surefire death trap for out hero it's really just business as usual, with a story a little too predictable to evoke much interest on top of the nostalgia factor. Not really a bad double-episode, just same-old-same-old - times two.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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