Kamen Rider The Next

is a Japanese Tokusatsu film that serves as a sequel to Kamen Rider The First. In the film, Shocker sends out Kamen Rider V3 to eliminate Takeshi and Hayato. 
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==Production==
The Next features horror themes, unlike The First, which was mostly action-oriented. It was given a PG-12 rating for its brief nudity and mild violence."Tha Autumn Movie 'Kamen Rider THE NEXT' is Rated PG-12". Archived from the original article from Ameba News. Retrieved 2007-07-15. (Japanese)
==Synopsis==
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==Plot==
Two years after the events of Kamen Rider The First, a strange series of bizarre murders occur with victims being mutilated in a most gruesome fashion while pop star Chiharu's "Platinum Smile" is being played, which becomes an urban legend. Meanwhile, Takeshi Hongo has become a high school science teacher with a troublesome class with one catching his attention, a troubled girl named Kotomi Kikuma who was best friends with Chiharu and is worried about her. By the time Hongo and her find a dying "Chiharu", they learn she's actually an imposter as the Shocker Inhumanoid Chainsaw Lizard arrives with the six Shocker Riders to carry out the task of executing Hongo, forcing him to reveal himself in as Kamen Rider 1 to Kotomi before escaping his hunters. At around the same time, Hayato Ichimonji is shown to be still alive, but slowly weakening due to his body's rejection of the cybernetic changes which made him Kamen Rider 2.
The next day, after saving Kotomi from her bullying classmates and some punks by exposing his cyborg abilities, Hongo accepts Kotomi's offer to help find Chiharu by finding her older brother Shiro Kazami, who is the former president of the rising IT enterprise ExaStream, which is tied to the mysterious disappearance of its staff two months prior. Making their way to his holiday home to meet Kazami, Hongo and Kotomi soon learn that he in league with Shocker as Chainsaw Lizard and the Shocker Riders battle Kamen Rider on as Kazami joins the fray as a Shocker Inhumanoid code-named "V3". After chasing down Rider 1 in a high speed chase across the countryside, V3 and the Shocker Riders take down Rider 1 until Kamen Rider 2 reappears to cover Rider 1's escape. But after realizing his "sister" was another imposter, Kazami reveals the incident at ExaStream, which was a Shocker experiment of nanobots designed to convert all humans in Japan into cyborgs, with him being a survivor of the experiment. The three riders later learn that Kotomi found the other girl, revealing the gruesome fate the real Chiharu suffered as she and her predecessor were involved, horrifying Kazami as Kotomi is telepathically shown the truth of the real Chiharu's final moments as "Chiharu" runs off and was eventually brutally murdered with the manager and the record dealer who were covering up her death as Kotomi to use Platinum Smile to communicate with Chiharu, learning that she's still alive as the "ghost" took its leave.
After Kazami reveals to Hongo that Shocker's foreign branch brought a shipment of nanobots to spread them across the nation, Rider 1 arrives to intercept the convoy while battling Scissors Jaguar, the mastermind behind the Nanobot Operation, with Rider 2 arriving to back him up as the battle brings to the Legend of Gathering in an all out fight for the nanobots. Though the Double Riders were overwhelmed, the tables are turned as V3 arrives to support them. While the Double Riders kill Scissors Jaguar, V3 manages to destroy Chainsaw Lizard and the nanobots before coming face to face with Chiharu, horrifically mutated by the nanobots into a monster as she pleas her brother to put her out of her misery. Though reluctant to do it, Kazami executes the V3 Punch to honor his sister's wish to die rather than live as a monster in agonizing pain. After the Triple Riders escape the burning restaurant, Ichimonji takes his leave to spend his final moments in bliss at a Ginza bar he regulars, while Kazami decides to start a new life for himself. As for Hongo, he is forced to quit his job after a few complaints made for his earlier stunt as Kotomi decides to walk him home as his only best friend in the school. The Platinum Smile incidents seemingly end as the credits roll.
However, though Chiharu finally died, the "curse of Platinum Smile" is still in effect.
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo
Kamen Rider 2 	Hayato Ichimonji
Kamen Rider V3	Shiro Kazami
===Debatable Riders===
Shocker Rider	Shocker Riders
===Allies===
*Kotomi Kikuma
===Villains===
*Scissors Jaguar
*Chainsaw Lizard
*Shocker Combatmen
*Chiharu
*Shindou
==Cast==
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider 1: 
*Kamen Rider 2, Shocker Rider: 
*Kamen Rider V3, Shocker Rider: 
*Scissors Jaguar: 
*Chainsaw Lizard: 
==Songs==
;Theme song
*"Chosen Soldier"
**Lyrics & Artist: ISSA
**Composition: 
;Insert song
*"Platinum Smile"
**Lyrics & Artist: Riyu Kosaka
**Composition: LOVE+HATE
==International Release==
*The film was able to release in China's Mainland by internet video on-demand service Tencent Video started on December 30, 2021 under the title Kamen Rider The Next Chapter. 
KR-TheNextChapter.jpg|Mainland China poster
==Errors==
*It is unclear how Kazami, in his Rider form, was able to open his faceplate when taking off his mask in some scenes.
==Notes==
*Like the first film, The Riders' transformation movements are different from the actual series. In the series, Hongo, Ichimonji, and Kazami perform stylish movements from the series. Later in the movie, the three Riders perform the classic hand movements as battle poses before their confrontation with Chiharu, but have no connection to their transformation.
*The post-credits ending features a Kamen Rider pachinko game based off the original TV series. 
**This movie features a cameo appearance by (appearing in a post credit scene), who would later portray Takatora Kureshima (Kamen Rider Zangetsu/Zangetsu Shin) in Kamen Rider Gaim.
*Miku Ishida, the actor of Kotomi Kikuma, retired as an actress a year later, thus making this movie her last film role.
*In the movie, Asuka Midorikawa did not make an appearance nor was mentioned.
* was credited for contributing with the VFX in the film.
==External links==
*Official Kamen Rider The First website.
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*Kamen Rider The Next at Japanese Wikipedia
*Theatrical Trailer at the Toei Movie Youtube Channel (Japanese)
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