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'Hanuman and the Five Riders' ( 5 - 'Hanuman pob Har Aimoddaeng' - literally "Hanuman meet the Five Ant Men") is a tokusatsu superhero film produced in 1975 by Chaiyo Productions of Thailand, founded by Sompote Sands. Chaiyo's own Kamen Rider film, half of it uses footage from the 'Kamen Rider X' film 'Five Riders Vs. King Dark'. The rest of the footage was made by Chaiyo themselves who even re-created the Kamen Rider costumes for some of the scenes in the film, most notably when they interact with Hanuman himself.

Although it has never been released in Japan, Kamen Rider fans in Japan refer to it unofficially as .

The film teams the first five Kamen Riders (Ichigo, Nigo, V3, Riderman and X) with the Hindu god Hanuman (fresh from his appearance in 'The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army') against X's adversary King Dark (who appears in his regular giant moving statue form, and alternately in a human-sized form), who drinks the fresh blood of young women. He captures a scientist and his girlfriend, and threatens to drain her of her blood unless he use his technology to create an army of mutant animal men to confront the five Riders.

Unlike Chaiyo's two official co-productions with Tsuburaya Productions in 1974 (namely 'The 6 Ultra Brothers Vs. the Monster Army' and 'Jumborg Ace & Giant'), this production was unauthorized by Toei Company, Ltd., which produced the Kamen Rider shows. Chaiyo had initially approached Toei, who turned down their plans for producing their own Kamen Rider movie. So without Toei or Ishinomori Productions' consent, they went ahead and made the movie regardless.

Cast



* Ko Kaeoduendee as Koh / Hanuman

*Ryo Hayami as Keisuke Jin / Kamen Rider x

*Hiroshi Fujioka as Takeshi Hongo / Kamen Rider 1

*Takeshi Sasaki as Hayato Ichimonji / Kamen Rider 2

*Hiroshi Miyauchi as Shiro Kazami / Kamen Rider V3

*Takehisa Yamaguchi Joji Yuki / Riderman

*Akiji Kobayashi as Tbei Tachibana

*Chisako Kosaka as Chiko

*Miyuki Hayata as Mako

*Fumio Wada as King Dark (voice)

* Yodchai Meksuwan as Dr. Ward

* Tanyarat Lohanan as Juree Bay

* Pipop Pupinyo as Hell King

* Kan Booncho as Bandit

* Chan Wanpen as Bandit

* Somnouk as Bandit

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Category:1975 films

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Category:Films directed by Sompote Sands

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Category:Thai science fiction films

Category:Thai martial arts films

Category:Thai crossover films


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