Kamen Rider Blade the Movie: Missing Ace
Cover art of DVD.
Japanese name
Kanji劇場版 仮面ライダー剣 MISSING ACE
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGekijōban Kamen Raidā Bureido Misshingu Ēsu
Directed byHidenori Ishida
Katsuya Watanabe
Written byToshiki Inoue
Based onKamen Rider Blade
by Shoji Imai
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMasao Inokuma
Edited byNaoki Osada
Music byKazunori Miyake
Production
company
Distributed byToei Co. Ltd
Release date
  • September 11, 2004 (2004-09-11)
Running time
75 minutes
90 minutes (Director's Cut)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Kamen Rider Blade the Movie: Missing Ace (劇場版 仮面ライダー剣 MISSING ACE, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Bureido Misshingu Ēsu) is the theatrical superhero film adaptation of the Japanese 2004 Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Blade, directed by Hidenori Ishida and Katsuya Watanabe and written by Toshiki Inoue.

The film is produced by Ishimori Productions and Toei, the producers of all the previous television series and films of the Kamen Rider series. Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with the movie for 2004's Super Sentai series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action, both of which premiered on September 11, 2004.[1][2] The film's title is translated into English as Masked Rider Blade The Movie: Missing Ace.

The Director's Cut was released on DVD on May 21, 2005 and peaked at number 13 in the weekly Oricon chart, remaining in the list for 5 weeks.[3] A Blu-Ray reissue of the movie was released on June 13, 2010.

Plot

Four years after an alternate ending to the series, in which Blade seals the Joker, the characters have moved on with their lives:[4][5] Kenzaki is a garbage man which in comparison to the chaos he went through was a huge change of pace, Mutsuki has graduated high school, and Kotarō has published a book about the Kamen Riders to great success, but on Amane's upcoming birthday, it was revealed that she has become a delinquent without the emotional support of Hajime. The Undead have been re-released,[5][6][7] and a new trio of Kamen Riders—Glaive, Larc and Lance—have emerged from BOARD, now led by Tachibana.[6] After recapturing two of the Category Aces, Kenzaki and Mutsuki join with the new Riders. When all the Undead are sealed once more, Glaive reveals himself to be the Albino Joker, a white version of the original Joker, and captures Kotarō's niece to obtain the ultimate power, sealing her in the Vanity Card. In order to free Amane from the card, Hajime is unsealed from the Joker Card and the four Riders are again united, intent on saving Amane and stopping the Albino Joker. In the end, Hajime swaps his life for Amane in the Vanity Card and allows himself to be destroyed by Blade to weaken Jashin 14. Blade uses his King Form to cut Jashin 14 in half, putting an end to the Undead.

Cast

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Blade characters

Songs

Theme song

References

  1. ^ Toei Hero Max, Vol. 10, 2004 ISBN 978-4-7778-0061-2
  2. ^ Kamen Rider Blade & Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Super Movie Encyclopedia: Definitive Edition ISBN 978-4-06-304553-6
  3. ^ "劇場版 仮面ライダー剣 ＭＩＳＳＩＮＧ ＡＣＥ ディレクターズ・カット版 椿隆之のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  4. ^ "劇場版 仮面ライダー剣 MISSING ACE［ミッシングエース］ 特捜戦隊デカレンジャー THE MOVIE フルブラスト・アクション｜映画批評なら映画ジャッジ！". Cinema Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  5. ^ a b 劇場版 仮面ライダー剣 ＭＩＳＳＩＮＧ ＡＣＥ ウーマンエキサイト シネマ(映画) (in Japanese). Excite Japan. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  6. ^ a b "劇場版仮面ライダー剣(ブレイド) MISSING ACE Movie Walker" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  7. ^ "劇場版 仮面ライダー剣(ブレイド) MISSING ACE[ミッシングエース] 映画／作品情報 - Yahoo!映画" (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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