Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー 爆弾ハリケーン, Himitsu Sentai Gorenjā: Bakudan Harikēn) is the fourth theatrical film based on Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. It was originally shown on July 22, 1976 (between Episodes 56 and 57 of the TV series) as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival. It was the only Gorenger film that was a completely original work and not a theatrical version of a TV episode, thus making it the first original Super Sentai film.
Synopsis
The Gorengers head for Matsuyama to prevent the Black Cross from firing a missile to destroy Japan.
Plot
Wishing to achieve victory, the Black Cross Army has concocted a plan to use a missile to destroy Japan. A missile base is built in Matsuyama, and the _targets for the attacks are Hokkaido, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Shikoku and Kyushu prefectures. Golden Mask voices his worries of the Gorengers interfering with their plans; it is then Black Cross Fuhrer announces he has deployed the fearsome Steel Sword Dragon.
The Gorengers, having learnt of their plans, head to Matsuyama on board the "Sunflower" cruise liner. On the ship, the Gorengers detect a spy on board the ship as they find spy equipment belonging to a girl. They all follow her throughout the ship, a notice her meeting up with a man named Ken Ito. They discover missile blueprints in his room, and they follow the pair even after they have left the ship.
The Gorengers follow them to a hotel, where they learn Ken is a weapons smuggler who smuggled a missile onto the island. It is then Akira is assaulted by a group of Zolders, where he calls for the Varidreen. The other Gorengers follow Ken and the girl, who then encounter a group of Zolders. They fight, and later the team encounters Steel Sword Dragon. Steel Sword Dragon survives the Gorenger Hurricane, and Ken escapes with the woman. The Gorengers then give chase to Ken and the woman on boat.
The Gorengers catch up with the pair on the island, where the woman is revealed to be Black Cross Fuhrer himself in disguise. The Gorengers meet up and battle the Zolders as well as Steel Sword Dragon. Unfortunately, the Black Cross Army manage to escape to their base.
The Gorengers find their base just as the missile launches. The missile is destroyed by the Varidreen, and the Gorengers drill into the Black Cross Army's base with the Varitank. The Gorengers destroy the base, and later face off against Steel Sword Dragon once more. Steel Sword Dragon is finally destroyed using the Bomb Hurricane: All-Five Attack.
Continuity and Placement
- Due to Daigorou Kumano being Kirenger instead of Daita Ooiwa and Nobuo Yana played the Black Cross Führer, this movie can easily take place anywhere between Ep. 56: Blue Summer Vacation! A Demon's Killing Beach and Ep. 67: Crimson Special Attack!! Kirenger Dies at Sunset, with no problems around its airing date in theaters.
Characters
Gorengers
| Akarenger | Tsuyoshi Kaijo |
| Aorenger | Akira Shinmei |
| Kirenger | Daigoro Kumano |
| Momorenger | Peggy Matsuyama |
| Midorenger | Kenji Asuka |
Allies
Black Cross Army
Cast
- Tsuyoshi Kaijo (海城 剛, Kaijō Tsuyoshi): Naoya Makoto (誠 直也, Makoto Naoya)
- Akira Shinmei (新命 明, Shinmei Akira): Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, Miyauchi Hiroshi)
- Daigoro Kumano (熊野 大五郎, Kumano Daigorō): Jirō Daruma (だるま二郎, Jirō Daruma)
- Peggy Matsuyama (ペギー 松山, Pegī Matsuyama): Lisa Komaki (小牧りさ, Komaki Risa)
- Kenji Asuka (明日香 健二, Asuka Kenji): Yukio Itō (伊藤幸雄, Yukio Itō)
- Commander Kenpachi Edogawa (江戸川 権八, Edogawa Gonpachi): Toshio Takahara (高原駿雄, Toshio Takahara)
- Yoko Kato (加藤 陽子, Katō Yōko)/Zero Zero Seven: Eri Kanuma (鹿沼えり, Eri Kanuma)
- Black Cross Führer (黒十字総統, Kuro Jūji Sōtō): Nobuo Yana (八名信夫, Yana Nobuo)
- Mysterious Beauty (謎の美女, Nazo No Bijo): Chiyoko Kazama (風間千代子, Kazama Chiyoko)
- Ken Ito (ケン伊藤, Ito Ken): Kenji Todoroki (轟謙二, Todoroki Kenji)
- Hotel Front: Giichi Sugi (杉義一, Sugi Giichi)
- Steel Sword Dragon (鋼鉄剣竜, Kōtetsu Kenryu, Voice): Eiji Maruyama (丸山 詠二, Maruyama Eiji)
- Narrator: Toru Ohira (大平 透, Ōhira Tōru)
Notes
- As the first wholly original Sentai film, this starts the tradition of movies featuring original attacks, as it features the only appearance of the titular Gorenger Bomb Hurricane, a stronger version of the Gorenger Hurricane in which all five Gorengers produce Gorenger Hurricane balls and kick them at a Black Crusader, due to his immunity to the regular attack.
Digital Releases
- The DVD Release of Super Sentai: The Movie Volume 1 features Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: Fire Mountain's Final Explosion, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane, J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The Movie and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger.[1]
- The Blu Ray Release of Super Sentai: The Movie Volume 1 Features Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane, J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger, Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie, Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie & Dai Sentai Goggle-V: The Movie.
- Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane is included on Super Sentai: The Movie Blu-ray Box 1976-1995, a blu-ray compilation box set of 15 theatrical Super Sentai movies.[2]
