The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, The Man Who Created Heroes

This story follows the semi-autobiographical account of manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, author of the original Kamen Rider, Cyborg 009, and Super Sentai.

Cast

Kento Nakajima

as Shotaro Ishinomori

Fumino Kimura

as Yoshie Onodera

Kento Hayashi

as Fujio Akatsuka

Tetta Sugimoto

as Kotaro Onodera

Maki Mizuno

as Kashiku Onodera

Rina Terakawa

as Toshiko Onodera

Takuro Ohno

as Hiroo Terada

Keisuke Nakata

as Hiroshi Fujimoto / "Fujiko F. Fujio"

Takara Sakumoto

as Moto Abiko / "Fujiko Fujio A."

Naruki Matsukawa

as Jiro Tsunoda

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