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Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu

  • TV Series
  • 1966–1967
  • TV-14
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
1.2K
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Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu (1966)
Alien InvasionKaijuSuperheroActionAdventureComedyDramaFantasySci-FiThriller

A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters that wreaks havoc on Earth.

  • Creator
    • Eiji Tsuburaya
  • Stars
    • Susumu Kurobe
    • Sandayû Dokumamushi
    • Masaya Nihei
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    1.2K
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    • Creator
      • Eiji Tsuburaya
    • Stars
      • Susumu Kurobe
      • Sandayû Dokumamushi
      • Masaya Nihei
    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    • Shin Hayata
    • 1966–1967
    Sandayû Dokumamushi
    Sandayû Dokumamushi
    • Daisuke Arashi
    • 1966–1967
    Masaya Nihei
    • Mitsuhiro Ide
    • 1966–1967
    Bin Furuya
    • Ultraman…
    • 1966–1967
    Earl Hammond
    • 1966–1967
    Peter Fernandez
    Peter Fernandez
    • 1966–1967
    Corinne Orr
    • 1966–1967
    Hiroko Sakurai
    Hiroko Sakurai
    • Akiko Fuji
    • 1966–1967
    Akiji Kobayashi
    Akiji Kobayashi
    • Captain 'Cap' Toshio Muramatsu
    • 1966–1967
    Kôji Ishizaka
    • Narrator…
    • 1966
    Hikaru Urano
    • Narrator…
    • 1966–1967
    Teruo Aragaki
    • Alien Zarab (Kaiju)…
    • 1966–1967
    Akihide Tsuzawa
    • Isamu Hoshino
    • 1966–1967
    Kunio Suzuki
    • Gomora (Kaiju)…
    • 1966–1967
    Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko Hirata
    • Dr. Iwamoto
    • 1966–1967
    Haruo Nakajima
    Haruo Nakajima
    • Gabora (Kaiju)…
    • 1966–1967
    Yukihiro Seino
    • Chandrah (Kaiju)…
    • 1966–1967
    Nisashi Kondo
    • Ultraman
    • 1966–1967
    • Creator
      • Eiji Tsuburaya
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    10dee.reid

    "Ultraman" - This was a great show!

    I'm 24, going on 25. I know that since I can remember, I have always loved Japanese monster movies (kaiju-eiga), and the films in that genre that featured Godzilla and Gamera. I know that for much of my life, I've always had a fascination with Japan in general. As far as Japanese superheroes are concerned, Ultraman was my second favorite (behind The Guyver, created by Manga artist Yoshiki Takaya).

    "Ultraman," which debuted on television in 1966 in Japan, was one of those shows that I loved when I was a kid, but for some reason I could never watch it because it was hardly ever on, but I knew what it was about because I collected the action figures. Luckily, TV-on-DVD has worked wonders for TV shows long forgotten in the annals of showbiz history, which is how I came across "Ultraman" in all its original Japanese-language/bad-English-dubbed glory four years ago.

    "Ultraman" features the members of Earth's (mainly Japan's) Science Patrol, who go around investigating all sorts of bizarre scientific phenomena. One of its members, Shin Hayata (Susumu Korobe), has a lethal close encounter of the third kind with an alien being that costs him his life, but said being resurrects him and gives him its powers, thus becoming the gigantic alien superhero Ultraman. Hayata is pretty adept at keeping his super-heroics a secret from his team members, since he conveniently disappears whenever Ultraman shows up to defeat some giant monster or giant monsters (one of whom, I understand, was actually a modified Godzilla costume). (Shame that his members never pick up on Hayata's dual life, but hey, it's a kid's show, after all.)

    This is a great show, not just for those who love Japanese monster movies but those who love fantasy, science fiction, and comic books. In fact, Japan is notorious for putting sci-fi/fantasy spins on a lot of their Manga and Anime' material, so the most rabid sci-fi and fantasy fans are most likely to be pleased by "Ultraman." I know it's cheesy, the English-language dubbing is hilariously awful, and the special effects pale in comparison to today's overblown CGI effects-laden spectacles. Like most kaiju-eiga spectacles from that time, however, if you can put CGI out of your mind for 30 minutes, the fight scenes will simply take your breath away because of their "realism" and awesome displays of unparalleled monster-mashing destruction.

    I have no idea why this show only lasted one season in Japan, yet during its time it still somehow managed to spark a massive pop culture phenomenon in the country that would later spark a world-wide craze for all things related to Ultraman. That craze has lasted all the way up to the time of this writing. I'm glad that I got this show on DVD four years ago. It's been a while since I had the opportunity to watch it, but guarantee that just writing about "Ultraman" right now is making me eager to break out the DVD set right now.

    I hope that us greedy Americans don't get the idea to do an American update.

    10/10
    10ChungMo

    Sublime Wacked Out Monster Show - That's a Compliment!

    The first giant robot Japanese Sci-Fi TV show has something that all the others (Ultraman sequels included) never achieved. It's set in a world of bizarre logic and weird film making that is hard to describe. Unlike American television shows, Ultraman seemed to be played for laughs, very strange laughs, but laughs none the less. Don't expect the self-conscious humor of Batman but a world where people say and do odd things, the plot lines take goofy turns and characters will suddenly turn to the camera and talk to you as if nothing strange is happening at all.

    In one episode, the main characters (members of the "Science Patrol" in the Amrican translation) are sent out to find nuclear bombs that fell off a wayward space mission (!) and sank to the bottom of the sea. Unfortunately a sea creature found one of the bombs first and mutates into a giant monster (resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon) that sinks boats and attacks ocean resorts. All the time a nuclear bomb is stuck on the monster's shoulder. The Science Patrol has the brilliant idea to sooth the enraged beast with music so they get the Japanese Coast Guard to play classical music from a destroyer! This has the opposite effect as the monster rips up and hurls trees around. One member of the Science Patrol make the incredible observation, "The monster doesn't like music, turn it off!". The show stops as the main characters try to figure out why their plan didn't work since "all wild beasts are soothed by music"! It's decided that radiation is the cause of the monster's inability to appreciate fine music!

    If you are looking for "rational" entertainment, run far as you can from Ultraman. For the rest of us who enjoy goofy fun, you can't get better then this. The new DVD set has the original Japanese track which has increased my admiration for this show.
    8TooKakkoiiforYou_321

    Magical Girl Ultraman: it starts here!

    And with that title I refer to a specific point device used in this series - I. E. the fact that the titular character seems quite a bit hellbent on losing his transformation device because reasens - that reminds me of some magical girl shows like Hime-Chan No Ribbon or Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, which is quite interesting considering this is a manly men's show about a manly superhero (I'm telling it as a fan of both Majokko series). Anyway, this series is very interesting, it was clearly very influential not just on Tokusatsus on the whole but also on the whole mecha genre and animation in general, and not only because of what a certain fanboy (Hideki Anno) made out of a lot of the stuff present here in his Evangelion series. That said, some episodes drag on a bit and I would personally have developed a couple of them in another direction, but whatever. Recommended with no problems whatsoever, even to first timers of this franchise like I am.
    10edwardtoyebo

    More than just a great kids show!

    As a kid growing up in the 70's, I would rush home from school to watch Ultraman. My family cared not for this show and would frequently undermine my attempts to watch it. Sometimes through sheer force, I would get the television to myself and would revel in the exploits of the Science Patrol and Shin Hayata's alter ego/superhero Ultraman.

    Every episode featured the same scenario. Alien invaders and or a giant monster would arrive and threaten Earths survival. It was up to the Science Patrol to counter this threat with their scientific knowhow. In most cases, this knowhow was not enough and Hayata/Ultraman would save the day.

    By todays standards, this 'special effects fantasy series' will come off as cheap and primitive. It must be noted this was made in 1966 by Eiji Tsuburaya Productions. Tsuburaya was the special effects master behind the Godzilla movies and his expertise is in full swing. For the kids who watched this show, this was not some cheap entertainment. Ultraman was very real. Hayata was very real. The Science Patrol was a team worth rooting for. Some of the episodes are very advanced in terms of theme and story content.

    There are two sets that can be purchased on DVD. Series One, Volume 1 and 2 is the set I own. The picture and sound quality are superb. The viewer has the option of watching this classic series dubbed in English or in Japanese with English subtitles. All episode are full length and uncut. The English dubs will have some scenes with Japanese language and subtitles. This is unavoidable and should not be too bothersome for the viewer. Better to watch Ultraman in it's original Japanese language.

    Ultraman ran for one season with 39 episodes. Over the years, this show has garnered cult status. There is the Ultra Q series which came before and a slew of series spin-offs that followed. There are a number of Ultraman movies as well. In all, Ultraman has become a cultural pop phenomenon. If you remember this from childhood and wish to relive that childhood, or are looking for great entertainment for you own children, Ultraman comes highly recommended.

    They simply do not make televisions shows like this anymore.
    8danial-92063

    Its A Great Classic

    No matter what people say about it...I do enjoy Ultraman series. And my favourite in Showa series is of course the first Ultraman. I dont know what makes it so good to be honest...But it just it. Every element in the show is great and suitable for family to watch especially if they love superhero movies and/or series.

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    • Trivia
      The sequences of Ultraman battling monsters were so expensive to film, that the producers needed a way to limit the scenes to only a few minutes for each episode. The solution was to give the character the weakness that he can not survive in his true self for more than roughly three minutes before he runs out of energy. This is marked with his warning chest light, called the Colortimer, which begins to blink with increasing speed as his energy runs out.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Using his beta capsule, Hayata becomes Ultraman!

    • Crazy credits
      During the show's opening credits, black silhouettes of the show's various characters (Ultraman, some of the show's monsters, and the Science Patrol logo) are shown against a colorful smoky background. In the US version, most of the silhouettes are featured, sans credits.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Ultraman (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Urutoraman no Uta
      ("The Song of Ultraman")

      Main Title Theme

      Composed by Kunio Miyauchi

      Lyrics by Hajime Tsuburaya

      Vocals by The Corro Stellar & The Misuzu Childrens' Choir

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    • Release date
      • July 10, 1966 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Tsuburaya Productions (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ultraman
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Tsuburaya Productions
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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