Tong Hsing Film Co., Ltd.

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Background

Tong Hsing Film Co., Ltd. was a film production company based in Taiwan. Tong Hsing produced Super Riders, a series of three tokusatsu movies, which are Taiwanese adaptations of four Kamen Rider featurettes, all directed by Lin Chung-Kuang and officially authorized by Toei.

(November 11, 1975-July 17, 1976)

Logo: On a space background, a model of the globe lights up and slowly zooms-in. Few seconds later at the bottom of the screen, the Tong Hsing logo (a five-ringed atom with the electrons at the top-half and a linked TS in the middle) and company name:

司 公 限 有 份 股 業 事 影 電 星 東
TONG HSING FILM CO., LTD.

in gold fade in.

Technique: Live-action and rostrum camera.

Music/Sounds: A 70's tokusatsu fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variant: On The Five of Super Riders, the fanfare is accompanied with a flute, alongside with an ascending synth noise.

Availability: Only seen on the Super Riders movies: The Super Rider V3, The Five of Super Riders and The Super Rider.

Legacy: The cheapness is easily noticeable, such as the blurry footage of lights to represent stars and the globe wobbling.

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