Smart Brain, once Japan's largest company, lost its power due to repeated internal conflicts and was placed under government control with the goal of exterminating Orphnochs. Mari Sonoda, who is living with Orphnochs at the Western Laundry Store Kikuchi, when Takumi Inui, who had disappeared several years earlier, reappeared.
Acting
Kento Handa still carries Takumi's broken soul like no time passed.
Practical Effects
The worn, weathered suits tell their own story of obsolescence.
Writing
Messy but bold — it dares to make its heroes obsolete.
Director
Ryuta Tasaki
Kento Handa
Takumi Inui / Kamen Rider Faiz / Wolf Orphnoch
Yuria Haga
Mari Sonoda / Wildcat Orphnoch
Rumika Fukuda
Reina Kurumi / Kamen Rider Muez
Daiji Asakawa
Jotaro Kikuchi
Kohei Murakami
Masato Kusaka / Kamen Rider Kaixa
Mitsuru Karahashi
Naoya Kaido / Snake Orphnoch
Ray Fujita
Nozomi Kitazaki / Kamen Rider Muez
Rui Yanagawa
Hisao / Kamen Rider Delta / Mosquito Orphnoch
Kanon Matsuzawa
Kei / Kuina Orphnoch
Amane Shindo
Smart Lady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 65-minute runtime was reportedly chopped from a longer cut — explaining the jarring pacing and several unresolved subplots involving Reina Kurumi.
555's 2003 run pioneered the 'rider as existential drifter' archetype that defined Heisei-era Kamen Rider; Paradise Regained deliberately dismantles this legacy to question if such heroes have place in 2024.
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