019 - Corpse Flower Power! (Kamen Rider Eps. 32-33)

Rainbow factories explode (again) and a Brazilian archer girl seeks revenge in this week’s Kamen Rider (1971) episodes! In the first KR2 adventure, Nathan and Travis marvel at the man-eating, multicolored Dokudahlian, a plant kaijin who has the power to turn any room he enters into a disco. He kidnaps women and forces them to manufacture poisonous drugs, because only women have hands delicate enough to do it. (Shocker, you sexist fiends!) Next, your dynamic hosts are entranced by Connie “the yellow jumpsuit wearing, bow and arrow wielding, and vengeance seeking vigilante” as she tracks Shocker’s steel-skinned monster, Armadillong. (Well, Nathan is—Travis is still too busy crushing on Taki). How come she never joined the Rider Girls as a regular cast member? This question and more is answered in Henshin Men, your favorite tokusatsu superhero appreciation podcast!Kamen Rider (1971) is available to stream on Shout!FactoryTV and Tubi. Watch there to follow along with us!Follow Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod.Listen to Travis’s main podcast, Kaiju Weekly, and Nathan’s podcasts, The Monster Island Film Vault and The Power Trip.MUSIC:-“Kamen Rider - Let's Go!! Rider Kick (Cover)” by Eternal Melee-“Not Your Above-Average Joe [Standing Ovation]” by Ivan Hakštok