Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman explained
| Director: | Hideaki Anno |
| Producer: | Yasuhiro Takeda
Takeshi Sawamura |
| Starring: | Hideaki Anno
Norio Tamura
Yasuhiro Takeda |
| Cinematography: | Takami Akai |
| Editing: | Takami Akai |
| Studio: | Daicon Film |
| Distributor: | Tsuburaya Productions |
| Runtime: | 28 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is a 1983 Japanese superhero kaiju parody fan film directed by Hideaki Anno in his directorial debut.[1]
Cast
- Hideaki Anno as Ultraman (here, the character is referencing Ultraman Jack)[2] [3]
- Norio Tamura as Kiruan
- Yasuhiro Takeda as Captain Ibuki
- Joiichi Hayashi as Hayakawa
- Takeshi Sawamura as Ibuki
- Takashi Nyoten as Yamaga
- Nishigaki Toshihiko as Imamura
- Yuki Nishi as Nishi
- Norio Tamura as Kiruan
- Kifumi Seizumi as the narrator
Release
Hideaki Anno attended a screening of the film in Tokyo in 1983, where he met his future friend and collaborator Shinji Higuchi for the first time.[4] They would later collaborate on Shin Ultraman with Anno returning to the title role.[5] The film was screened at Shinjuku Wald 9 on July 1, 2022 to commemorate the theater's 15th anniversary and the success of Shin Ultraman. On November of the same year, an HD remaster of the film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Japan.[6]
Notes and References
- Book: Takeda, Yasuhiro . The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax and the Men Who Created Evangelion . . 2002 . 1-4139-0234-0 . . 76 . Yasuhiro Takeda.
- Web site: 『DAICONFILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン』『ウルトラマン（庵野秀明自主制作版）』を7月1日(金)・新宿バルト9で一夜限りの特別上映！制作スタッフによる特別対談も実施！ - 円谷ステーション . June 23, 2022 . Tsuburaya Station . 22 June 2022 . . ja.
- Web site: May 28, 2022 . 庵野秀明が「DAICON FILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン」で着用したジャケットを再現 数量限定で9月発売 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528203945/https://eiga.com/news/20220528/3/ . May 28, 2022 . June 23, 2022 . . . Japanese.
- Web site: 【独占】樋口真嗣監督に聞く、庵野秀明氏とシン・ウルトラマンで目指す「断絶の解消」 . 2022-06-23 . ビジネス+IT . ja.
- Book: Anno, Hideaki . シン・ウルトラマン デザインワークス . May 13, 2022 . . 978-4-905033-28-8 . Japanese . Shin Ultraman Design Works . Hideaki Anno . June 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220429214401/https://www.khara.co.jp/2022/04/18/sudw/ . April 29, 2022 . live.
- Web site: Whitbrook . James . Hideaki Anno's Ultraman Fan Film Is Now Officially Streaming . Gizmodo . 8 June 2024 . en . 22 November 2022.
