H K the forbidden super-hero

Title - H K the forbidden super-hero
Language - Japaneses
Genre - Super-Hero, comedy 

















 The H K stands for Hentei Kamen meaing Pervert Mask.  

Hentai means pervert and used to describe pornographic animation and comics in the west.

Kamen means mask and is associated with Japanese superheroes such as Kamen (masked) rider and the power rangers.   

Kyosuke Shikijo’s father was a good police man and his mother was a dominatrix.  His father died threes after meeting his mother and Kyosuke spends a lot of his time alone.  when he does see his mother she is normally on at him for not having a girl friend.  when a cute new girl, Aiko starts in his class and becomes the manager of the schools martial arts club Kyosuke becomes besotted with her but he doesn't know how to ask her out.  Whilst he is walking home he passes a bank that is being robbed and notices that Aiko is one of the hostages.  Deciding he has to do something to help Kyosuke breaks into the bank to try to help Aiko.  He defeats one of the robbers and decided to disguise himself as the robber so he can get close enough to help Aiko.  Distracted by this thoughts of Aiko he picks up a pair of women’s pants instead of a mask and doesn’t notice until he has them on his head.  He’s about to take them off when he realises how well they fit and how much he likes it.  Disgusted by this he feels guilty and this triggers the perverted dna he inherited from his  mother and this causes him to transform in the Hentai Kamen.  Kyosuke stops the bank robbers but Aiko is torn she likes Hentai Kamen but she also sees him as a pervert.  This upsets Kyosuke as Aiko is still not interested in him.

As Hentei Kamen, Kyosuke starts to clean up the streets but a new menace enters, Tamao the leader of the local Karate team is intent on taking over the school because he believes that there is treasure buried somewhere under it.  Foiled by Hentei Kamen, Tamao hires a number of assassins but they all fail, until a fake Hentai Kamen appears and takes Aiko.,

H K The forbidden Hero is a parody of modern superhero movies it opens with pages of a manga flickering just like the Marvel comic movies.  The character of Kyosuke is similar to that of Peter Parker (Spider-man) in his everyday life or Dave Lizewski (Kick-Ass) in the way he wants to help and protect people.  Like both characters Kyosuke is a bit of a loser, he can’t get the girl and he’s not strong  enough to help when he sees people in trouble.  The parallels with other superheros is quite apparent especially with  spider-man there is even a scene where Hentai Kamen is swinging around the town like spider-man, the only difference is that he uses bondage ropes instead of webbing.

Part way through the film Kyosuke has a crisis of faith about his alter ego, this is a theme that is popular in other modern superhero stories, both spider-man and kick ass think about giving up.  Only in Hentai Kamen’s case it’s because he’s worried he is becoming a pervert.  This brings up a point, Kyosuke is concerned that he’s becoming a pervert, Aiko is torn because she is falling for Hentai Kamen but she is disturbed by his behavior and the fake Hentai Kamen revels in the guilt he feels.  Kyosuke has to decide whether there is anything wrong with what he is doing.  Is there really anything wrong with being a pervert.

You can not take Hentai Kamen seriously, which is a good thing.  The acting is over the top (especially Kyosuke’s mother), the action good and the costumes are great.  I have to admit i laughed a lot but i think you do need a certain sense of humor.