Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core
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is a 2010 film in the Kamen Rider Series
Kamen Rider Series
The is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as...

, featuring the casts and characters of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO
Kamen Rider OOO
is a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider W, joining Tensou Sentai Goseiger and then Kaizoku...

. Originally announced in a teaser at the end of the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate, film was released in Japan on December 18, 2010. The catchphrase for the movie is . Actor Taro Yamamoto
Taro Yamamoto
is a Japanese actor.Currently, he actively involved with the anti-nuclear movement.- Selected filmography :* 1998 Love Letter* 1999 Big show! Hawaii ni utaeba* 2000 Battle Royale * 2001 Hashire! Ichiro...

 guest stars in the film as the former partner of Sokichi Narumi, Koji Kikkawa
Koji Kikkawa
is a Japanese musician. His most recent album is 2009's Double-Edged Sword.Kōji was supposed to represent Japan in water polo in the coming Olympics but chose to be a singer. His music career began on February 1, 1984 with "Monica" and he won 8 music awards in the same year...

 reprising his role as the character. Both Kikkawa and Maki Ohguro
Maki Ohguro
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is from Sapporo in Hokkaidō.- Introduction :In 1989, she passed the '3rd BAD' audition. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", and so on... Her second single "DA・ka・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the 'Japan Record Grand Prix' newcomer award of...

 are tied to a theme song (and music video) for the film, recording the song "HEART∞BREAKER" under the band name . The character of Kamen Rider Birth
Kamen Rider Birth
is a fictional power suit and character designation for one of the protagonists of the 2010-2011 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider OOO. The Kamen Rider Birth suit debuts in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core....

 made its debut in the films.

Movie War Core opened at number 1 in Japanese box offices in its first weekend, unseating Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 from its two week position.

Story

Like Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010, Movie War Core is split into three parts. The Kamen Rider W portion of the film, written by Riku Sanjo
Riku Sanjo
is a Japanese manga artist. He has worked as both a story writer for manga and anime. He graduated from Meiji University.-Anime:*Gaiking*MD Geist*Digimon Xros Wars*Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys-External links:...

, is titled . The story, taking place after the series epilogue, features Akiko Narumi preparing for her wedding before considering canceling it when the Futo Kamen Riders are distracted by the who has somehow acquired the Memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....

 Memory. The Pteranodon Yummy uses these powers to reveal to Akiko how her father and Shotaro's mentor, Sokichi Narumi, became Kamen Rider Skull
Kamen Rider Skull
is a fictional character who appears in the films of the 2009-2010 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider W. Kamen Rider Skull first appears in the film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 in the portion Kamen Rider W: Begins Night, and then makes appearances in the Movie War 2010 portion,...

 with Shroud's aid. along with his fight against the and Eren Komori who transforms into the . Both Dopants are an homage to the first two inhumanoids ( and ) from the original Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider
, is a weekly science fiction story created by Japanese manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV . A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine...

television series.

The Kamen Rider OOO
Kamen Rider OOO
is a 2010-2011 Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the twelfth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-first overall. It began airing on September 5, 2010, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider W, joining Tensou Sentai Goseiger and then Kaizoku...

portion of the film, written by Toshiki Inoue
Toshiki Inoue
is a Japanese screenwriter from Saitama Prefecture. He is known for his work on anime and tokusatsu dramas and films. He is the son of Masaru Igami, who himself was a screenwriter for tokusatsu dramas.-TV anime:*Akakage...

, is titled . The Kougami Foundation has discovered the mummified remains of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...

 and have created a Cell Medal-based homonculus of the man with his memories. Dubbed , he runs from the Kougami Foundation and into Eiji Hino
Kamen Rider OOO (character)
is the primary and eponymous protagonist of the 2010-2011 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider OOO. The name "OOO" is pronounced similarly to both "O's", referring to the three O's in the television series' title which represent the character's transformation items, and...

's care. However, Nobunaga attempts to resume his conquest of Japan while targeting the descendants of those responsible for his down fall. But when forced into becoming a mindless Greeed, Eiji must stop Nobunaga before it is too late.

In the final portion of the film entitled , is convergence of the two films that brings the casts and characters of W and OOO to fight the evil energy-based giant Kamen Rider Core.

Skull: Message for Double

Confronting a mysterious enemy, the male Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider Double receives aid from Ryu Terui, who is forced to fight as himself due to his bride-to-be Akiko Narumi confiscating his Accel Memory and Accel Driver. No soon did the Pteranodon Yummy fly off then Akiko arrives and is infuriated that the Kamen Riders were too occupied to go attend her wedding to the point of breaking into tears and threatening to call her wedding to Ryu off. However, Akiko is more upset that her father is not able to attend the wedding and demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place. This attracts the Pteranodon Yummy as uses the Memory Memory on her to get her the answer to her question.

Akiko finds herself in the past, witnessing her father Sokichi Narumi during a case regarding an opera singer named Melissa and a stalker called the "Spider-man." Heading to city hall for Melissa's performance, with a young Shotaro Hidari among the audience, Sokichi meets Melissa's seedy manager Kozo Yaguchi before Melissa's stalker, the Spider Dopant, appears and attacks the police. Sokichi fights the criminal before a Gaia Memory dealer named Eren Komori appears and the two take their leave. Though his partner Seiichiro "Matsu" Matsui suggests to leave it to the cops, Sokichi returns to the detective agency to meet his benefactor Shroud, who reveals that the Museum has begun their master plan and tries to give him the Skull Memory which he turns down. He later meets with Matsu at the library after which Matsu shows him that Yaguchi's previous female talents are among the missing persons.

Finding help in an informant named Stone, Sokichi breaks into the Yaguchi Talent Agency where he finds the missing girls being used as test subjects in Gaia Memory research. Forced to watch Stone get killed by Eren Komori when she becomes the Bat Dopant, Sokichi is unable to escape from her and the Spider Dopant. But Shroud arrives and tosses him the Lost Driver and the Skull Memory, allowing him to become the incomplete Kamen Rider Skull Crystal as he proceeds to defeat several Masquerade Dopants before getting himself into a pinch. Receiving a call from his young daughter Akiko, Sokichi promises her that he will attend her wedding when she grows up. This gives him the drive to fight as he pursues the Dopants. He only finds Yaguchi, who was only supplying the Museum with test subjects before he is killed by a Spider Bomb concealed in his wife. The next day, Sokichi confronts Matsu, knowing that he is the Spider Dopant after recognizing his handwriting at the scene of the crime. Found out, Matsu tries to fend himself from Sokichi before Melissa reveals that Matsu took the Gaia Memory to protect her from Yaguchi before it warped his mind. Furthermore, Matsu has placed a bomb in Melissa so she cannot touch, or be touched by, the one she loves, as the bomb will move towards the one she loves and kills him. The fact she does not love Matsu drives Matsu further into insanity as he assumes his Dopant form and blasts Sokichi and Futo with massive amounts of Spider Bombs. A series of explosions went off soon after in various places in Futo.

Having no choice, Sokichi attempts to chase his ex-partner down. However, the Bat Dopant gets in his way as Sokichi becomes the complete Kamen Rider Skull. He chases after the Spider Dopant while using the SkullGarry to deal with the Bat Dopant controlling an Oil Tanker before taking her down her with the Skull Punisher. Though she begs Kamen Rider Skull for mercy, he leaves her to die in the vehicle's resulting explosion. Catching up to his ex-partner, Kamen Rider Skull counts his own crimes and the Dopant must now follow. Using a Rider Kick, the Spider Memory breaks with Matsu dying in the Memory's side effects. Leaving a heart-broken Melissa without a word, Sokichi takes his leave.

In the present day, Akiko is horrified at the tragedy she saw as the Pteranodon Yummy now has the ideal memory of a intense battle needed to achieve his goal.

OOO: Nobunaga's Desire

At the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...

, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself. After a part-time acting gig at a wedding, Eiji Hino gives away the money he and Hina Izumi earned, much to her dismay. While going on a paper route, Eiji confronts a Greeed-like monster in samurai armor attacking a man he deems a "murderer". Eiji becomes Kamen Rider OOO to fight the monster before he runs off and Eiji finds a barely conscious young man in the chase. Taking him to Cous Cossier, the man introduces himself as Nobunaga and reveals that he has no memory of who he is. Nobunaga soons visits a library and started learning at an astonishing pace. Taking him under his wing, Eiji is amazed at Nobunaga's skill as he fixes a software bug that would take hours in a matter of seconds, subsequently getting a job in the Marshall Software company. Later that night, Ankh confronts the monster as he kills another "killer". The next day, Nobunaga meets Yoshino Akechi, a ballerina, as he gets full control of the company. Eventually, he goes after the Kougami Foundation as Kougami gives his project a present: the Birth Driver. After firing Eiji, the male Pteranodon Yummy arrives for more memories for his Memory Memory, with Nobunaga becoming Kamen Rider Birth to fight him to gain popularity, one of his steps of taking everything under the heaven for himself. However, as he and Hina watch Yoshino perform, Eiji is shocked to find Nobunaga to be the monster he confronted when he sprains the girl's foot in attempt to kill her.

Heartbroken, Eiji becomes Kamen Rider OOO to fight him while Yoshino is confronted by a Greeed known as the Kyouryu Greeed who uses her shoe to create a female Pteranodon Yummy that meddles in the fight before being destroyed by Kamen Rider OOO Gatakiriba Combo. However, Nobunaga begins to suffer a total Cell Medal breakdown to the point of slowly losing his memories. He demands how Eiji can enjoy life without desire, only to find the answer he receives foolish, yet sensible. Nobunaga finds Yoshino at the hospital, using the last of his power to heal her leg. However, Doctor Maki arrives and adds three black Core Medals (Sasori, Ebi, and Kani) into Nobunaga which causes him to assume his complete Greeed-like form as he pleads Eiji to kill him. Having no choice, Kamen Rider OOO battles the Greeed and assumes Sagohzo Combo to end his friend's misery. Nobunaga thanks Eiji for opening his eyes to what truly matters in life as he asks Eiji to give Yoshino his regards before he breaks down into Cell Medals. The three black Core Medals fly off with Eiji in pursuit.

Movie War Core

Having obtained the most intense Kamen Rider battles in the Memory Memory, the male Pteranodon Yummy is caught off guard when the black Core Medals appear and combine with the Gaia Memory into the giant Kamen Rider Core, much to Akiko's horror as Eiji saves her. As Eiji assures Akiko that her father had his reasons for being a Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and W team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory's source of power to even the odds. Kamen Rider Double CycloneJokerXtreme and Kamen Rider OOO Latorartar Combo manage to outrun Kamen Rider Core and discover a giant crystal near the Earth's core - the source of Kamen Rider Core's power. Back on the surface, Ryu persuades Akiko to allow him to become Kamen Rider Accel to protect her from the Pteranodon Yummy before Shintaro Goto arrives as Kamen Rider Birth and backs up Accel in destroying the Yummy. Back underground, after Ankh shows up, which disturbs Shotaro, the Kamen Riders manage to destroy the crystal which only angers Kamen Rider Core. The two Kamen Riders call him a mockery of what a Kamen Rider truly is. Ankh gives Kamen Rider OOO the Medals required to transform into Tajadol Combo, and the resulting wind from the transformation allows Kamen Rider W to transform into CycloneJokerGoldXtreme. The two Kamen Riders execute a combination Prominence Drop and Golden Xtreme Double Rider Kick that destroys Kamen Rider Core and shatters his core components. With a renewed sense of faith in the Kamen Riders, Akiko and the others hurry to her wedding while Eiji finds himself in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 where Chiyoko Shiraishi just happens to be on vacation. At the wedding, Akiko discovers that Melissa is attending, and learns that Sokichi asked her to take his place at the wedding as he knew he can never see his own daughter again, while pulling his sleeve up revealing that the Spider Bomb didn't die with the Dopant. With that knowledge in mind, and her father with her in spirit, Akiko's marriage to Ryu goes without any hitch. Some time after, Eiji and Chiyoko return to Japan to show Hina the items they got from their short time in Brazil.

Kamen Rider Core

is the main antagonist in the final portion of the film, the first evil Kamen Rider promoted entirely in CG
Computer-generated
The term computer-generated most often refers to a sound or visual that has been created in whole or in part with the aid of computer software...

. Kamen Rider Core is a giant magma
Magma
Magma is a mixture of molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets. Besides molten rock, magma may also contain suspended crystals and dissolved gas and sometimes also gas bubbles. Magma often collects in...

-based monster created from the three black Core Medals: , the , the , and the , a Gaia Memory linked to the planet that enables the viewer to look into the past for strong memories. Because he has the powers of the inner core
Inner core
The inner core of the Earth, its innermost hottest part as detected by seismological studies, is a primarily solid ball about in radius, or about 70% that of the Moon...

 itself, Kamen Rider Core can burn anything within physical contact or use pyrokinetic
Pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis, derived from the Greek words and , was the name coined by horror novelist Stephen King for the ability to create or to control fire with the mind that he gave to the protagonist Charlie McGee in Firestarter...

 powers such as firing a beam from his mouth strong enough to set a city on fire. Kamen Rider Core can also turn his lower half of his body into a motorcycle
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...

 known as .

Cast

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OOO cast: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
Movie War Cast:

Suit actors

  • Kamen Rider Double, Kamen Rider OOO:
  • Kamen Rider Skull, Kamen Rider Accel, Ankh, Kamen Rider Birth:
  • Shroud:
  • Uva:
  • Kazari, Armored Warrior Inhumanoid, Kamen Rider Double:
  • Gamel, Spider Dopant, Pteranodon Yummy (Male):
  • Mezool, Pteranodon Yummy (Female):
  • Bat Dopant:

Theme song

  • "HEART∞BREAKER"
    • Lyrics & Arrangement: Maki Ohguro
    • Composition: Koji Kikkawa
    • Artist:
    Daikichi is a musical unit composed of Koji Kikkawa and Maki Ohguro using the first kanji of their surnames. This name is literally translated as "Great Luck". The unit was originally named . The single is scheduled for release on December 15, 2010.


The film's soundtrack was released on December 15, 2010. The movie's music includes "Got to Keep it Real", "Nobody's Perfect", and a track titled "Finally", sung by series' actress Hikaru Yamamoto
Hikaru Yamamoto
is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. After winning the Amuse Ohimesama Audition, she was signed onto the Amuse, Inc. talent agency. She starred as the female lead in Kamen Rider W in 2009-2010.-Television:-Film:-External links:* *...

 as her character Melissa. "Finally" was written & arranged by Shoko Fujibayashi
Shoko Fujibayashi
is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of Kamen Rider Den-O, Kamen Rider Kiva, and their films...

, and composed by Shuhei Naruse
Shuhei Naruse
is a Japanese musician, composer, and music arranger from Kyoto Prefecture. Naruse attended Ritsumeikan University and his major debut as a musician was in the rock band DEVELOP=FRAME where he played keyboards. He has since worked on the composition and arrangement for various Avex Trax musical...

, used during the Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double portion of the film where the character of Melissa performs at a concert. Other versions of "Finally" can be heard during Kamen Rider OOO: Nobunaga's Desire.

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